Origin of a quote from Jessica Mitford

She is, as Carl Bernstein says in the book's afterword, "a lady who knew something about collecting injustices and setting them straight." Farve and Muv

She has keen eyes that can pierce like a falcon's, and a pleasant amount of plumpness that seems quite content to stay where it is, thank you very much. She talks in italics and sentences that parse, and sits up very straight with her hands folded in perfect composure and quotes her nanny.


"Nanny would always say, 'Don't forget you're the least important person in the room,' which is a salutary thing, when you come to think about it."


All in all, she looks like the archetypical English gentlewoman, a bit dotty perhaps, but quite content to keep to her roses and her prize-winning pugs. Precisely the sort of activities that do occupy her first cousin and are mild occupations indeed compared to the immediate members of the Mitford clan.

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