CLXXXIII.
If at another’s house you should break anything, do not appear to notice it. Your hostess, if a lady, would take no notice of the calamity, nor say, as is sometimes done by ill-bred persons, “Oh! it is of no consequence.”
CLXXXIV.
Do not beat the “devil’s tattoo,” by drumming with your fingers on a table. Never read in an audible whisper; it disturbs those near you.
CLXXXV.
You should never take the arms of two gentlemen, one being upon either side.
CLXXXVI.
A lady ought not to present herself alone in a library or museum, unless she goes there to study or work as an artist.