Many believed that politeness was just a mask, that what was said may not be what was meant or thought: or, from the other side, thought to mean, though the politeness was reciprocated. Not quite the bland leading the bland, but close enough. What we have here acknowledges those rules but is much more an- gular, abrupt, an elbow to the ribs. All politeness torn away: the mask is empty; but the words that hide behind the words be- hind the mask are now exposed. A pity we cannot see them all.
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