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Barbara Baekeland: That is actually true; give him a dirt road, and he'll go up it...
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Barbara Baekeland: Monsieur Souvestre, permettez-moi de vous presenter mons fils, Tony.
Barbara Baekeland: [excitedly, to Brooks] Did I get it right? Did I get the order right?
Brooks Baekeland: [coldly] The younger is presented to the older, the less distinguished to the more so; the exception to the rule: the gentleman is always presented to the lady; the exception to the exception, unless the man is a President, a cardinal, or a reigning sovereign.
Minnie Marx
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