Fritz Reck-Malleczewen reflects in January 1940 on news (apocryphal as it turned out) of Unity Mitford's suicide:
"... male hysterics do quite enough damage when they get into history. But females who manage to get up on the heights are even worse. And worst of all among them are the would-be saviour type. We have enough of this species, titled 'Nazi-esses' by the man in the street. England has another class of this genus, a type of female who clutches Herr Gandhi's white loincloth."
I was immediately put in mind of that woman in Dicky Attenborough's film who dotes on the loinclothed lawyer.
"... male hysterics do quite enough damage when they get into history. But females who manage to get up on the heights are even worse. And worst of all among them are the would-be saviour type. We have enough of this species, titled 'Nazi-esses' by the man in the street. England has another class of this genus, a type of female who clutches Herr Gandhi's white loincloth."
I was immediately put in mind of that woman in Dicky Attenborough's film who dotes on the loinclothed lawyer.
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I once had to read a book about the mitford girls for a book group. it was absolutely excruciating. Put me off hereditary everythings for life.
That's quite understandable, when you consider these twits. However, give me a snob any day rather than an inverted one.
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