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Chapter 4 what-Clause

4.1 例題(2)

古き良き女性の「たしなみ」

The Old Gray Wrapper Habit

… The woman of charm in "company" is the woman of fastidiousness at home; she who dresses for her children and "prinks" for her husband's home-coming , is sure to greet them with greater charm than she who thinks whatever she happens to have on is good enough. Any old thing good enough for those she loves most! Think of it!

A certain very lovely lady whose husband is quite as much her lover as in the days of his courtship, has never in twenty years allowed him to watch the progress of her toilet, because of her determination never to let him see her except at her prettiest. Needless to say, he never meets anything but "prettiest" manners either. No matter how "out of sorts" she may be feeling, his key in the door is a signal for her to "put aside everything that is annoying or depressing," with the result that wild horses couldn't drag his attention from her - all because neither she nor he has ever slumped into the gray flannel wrapper habit…

出典：Emily Post: Emily Post's Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home, 2017（その他）