I am currently reading Love In A Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford and I feel the need to share this delightful description with anyone who has not had the pleasure of reading these marvelous words:
"Her curtsies, owing to the solid quality of her frame, did not recall the graceful movement of wheat before the wind. She scrambled down like a camel, rising again backside foremost like a cow, a strange performance, painful might be supposed to the performer, the expression on whose face, however, belied this thought. Her knees cracked like revolver shots but her smile was heavenly."
** To anyone interested in the Popular Penguin Pink editions they are, as far as I have been able to ascertain through many wasted moments on the internet, only available in Australia. I purchased my copy of this book and Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote on eBay and paid a exorbitant amount in shipping, they are worth every penny.
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