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“…There was surely nothing to indicate at the time that such evidently small incidents would render whole dreams forever irredeemable.” Pg.179

“…English have an important advantage over foreigners in this respect and it is for this reason that when you think of a great butler, he is bound, almost by definition, to be an Englishman.” Pg.43 this all feels very prejudiced

The character (or the author through the character) is describing “dignity” as a person behaving in a very robotic, non-sentient, unfeeling, carefree manner. He even describes it as an act that one only drops when they are alone. A composed person is admirable, but shouldn’t we strive to publicly be somewhere in the middle; not controlled by emotions but not completely hiding them either?