Duty. Referred to by relations who wish to be disagreeable.
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Divorce. The occasional result of friendship.
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Eccentricity. Talent.
Etiquette. Provincialism.
Flirtation. Once a favourite amusement, now dying out; but still surviving at Clapham tennis-parties and Kensington subscription balls.
Foreigners. Often decorative; generally dangerous.
Friendship. The mutual dislike of people on intimate terms. Or, a euphuism for love.
Failure. An entertainment to which one has not been invited.