The Saint’s Girl on Cocktail Parties

The cocktail party ploughed on through a syrupy flood of mixed alcohols, mechanical compliments, second-hand scandal, vapid criticism, lisps, beards, adolescent philosophy, and personal pronouns.

— Leslie Charteris, The Saint and Mr. Teal

It’s the “personal pronouns” that get me.

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