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"Of course you and I and everybody who really knows the Bitts and Magsworth families understand the perfect absurdity of it; but I suppose there are ever so many who'll believe it, no matter what the Bittses and Magsworths say." "Hundreds and hundreds!" said Mrs. Williams. "I'm afraid it will be a great come-down for them." "I'm afraid so," said Mrs. Schofield gently.
The Magsworth Bittses were important because they were impressive; there was no other reason. And they were impressive because they believed themselves important.
"I suppose," she went on, "I'll find everything here fearfully Western. Some nice people called yesterday, though. Do you know the Magsworth Bittses? Auntie says they're charming. Will Roddy be at your party?" "I guess he will," returned Penrod, finding this intelligible. "The mutt!" "Really!" Fanchon exclaimed airily. "Aren't you great pals with him?" "What's 'pals'?" "Good heavens!
The Magsworth Bitts manner was withholding and reserved, though sometimes gracious, granting small smiles as great favours and giving off a chilling kind of preciousness. Naturally, when any citizen of the community did anything unconventional or improper, or made a mistake, or had a relative who went wrong, that citizen's first and worst fear was that the Magsworth Bittses would hear of it.
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