November 28, 2007
Isn't work dreadful
“Susan isn’t work dreadful. Oh the happy old days when one could lie & look at the ceiling till luncheon time. I feel I shall never be right again until I’ve had trois mois de chaise lounge– & when will that be?” –Nancy Mitford to her sister Jessica, 1944
… Sigh …
Though my class is middle by Canadian standards, Mitfordly-speaking I am far too working-class to identify with this thought as much as I do.