How To Avoid A Scene
You are in a novel of manners and you are determined to avoid a scene. Begin at once.
The circs:
Hudson has collapsed, with a strange and nervy laugh!
You say:
A. If you are ill, Hudson, let us call for the doctor; otherwise you had better get up.
B. [In a restrained hiss to one of your lesser daughters or better servants] Close the door!
C. Nothing, but ca…
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