Prove themselves to be their equals -- the nobility where I lived looked down on anyone who earned their money, and my father made our fortune through canning fish, so. . . [he nods, rolling his eyes] But yes, they were often proved to be silly. They tried so hard to fit in with people who hated them and just made fools of themselves. I never understood it.
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Date: 2019-10-04 04:00 am (UTC)