"Then Mrs. Tiggy-winkle made tea --
a cup for herself and a cup for Lucie.
They sat before the fire on a bench
and looked sideways at one another.
a cup for herself and a cup for Lucie.
They sat before the fire on a bench
and looked sideways at one another.
Mrs. Tiggy-winkle's hand, holding the tea-cup, was very very brown,
and very very wrinkly with the soap-suds; and all through her gown
and her cap, there were hair-pins sticking wrong end out; so that
Lucie didn't like to sit too near her."
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Can't a lady be gracious with soap suds on her hands and hair-pins sticking wrong end out? I propose that she can. Gracious hospitality is being favorable, kind, benevolent, merciful, disposed to forgive offenses, and to impart unmerited blessings (dictionary). Even in mundane circumstances, a woman who is not reluctant to be a generous hostess can exemplify all that is a gracious lady. It's a heart thing! Simple kindness generates qualities of royalty in its best sense.
Do you agree or disagree?
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