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It's the family's fault, really.
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We've trained her in our ways,
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and the earnest and intellectual 'bonne bourgeoise'
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has been replaced by...
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a rather less definable figure.
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Are you saying you liked her better when she was more middle-class?
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No, I wouldn't go that far.
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But you understood her better.
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Precisely. Now I do not know who she is.
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I do not know what it is she wants.
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Well, there are many who wouldn't be puzzled
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by the desire to marry a lord and live in a palace.