by Whistling-Dixie Philly…

“Well, at least she’s no damn Yankee,” said Mother, and that was the closest thing to a compliment I was ever going to get.  “That girl, while you were at Princeton, the one with the, the nose, you know, the…”

“The Jewish girl,” I said.

“Don’t you use that tone with me,” said Mother.  “This new girl, she’s not, you know?“

“No Mother, she’s not Jewish.”

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