In polite society

‘I shall go,’ says I, and started crawling for the flap. ‘But I may tell you,’ I added, ‘that in polite society it ain’t usual for gentlemen to squeeze ladies’ tits, whatever you have been told. And it ain’t usual, either for ladies to let gentlemen do it; it gives the gentlemen a wrong impression, you know. My apologies, again. Goodnight.’

Flashman, p.185, Pan edition, 12th printing, 1979.

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