truth isn't quite the thing
"What has got into you, Griselda?" said Solly. "You've gone all mealy-mouthed and hypocritical."
"I'm blossoming into womanhood," said Griselda, "and i have to be very careful about what i say. Daddy was mentioning it just a day or two ago. He said that people would take it amiss if I said what I really thought; he said a woman had to be at least forty-five before she dared risk an honest expression of opinion."
"I'm blossoming into womanhood," said Griselda, "and i have to be very careful about what i say. Daddy was mentioning it just a day or two ago. He said that people would take it amiss if I said what I really thought; he said a woman had to be at least forty-five before she dared risk an honest expression of opinion."