The lady curtsied. Which was not like the curtsies of the country women, any more than their menfolk bowed like courtiers. She supposed the lady would say it was only proper that they did not ape their betters. But the lady was already straightening, and she had to rise herself.
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She supposed the lady would say it was only proper that they did not ape their betters.
But the lady was already straightening, and she had to rise herself.