Thackeray was dining in Boston with a beautiful lady whom he greatly admired ; not long before he had sent her two splendid bronzes. He remarked, ‘Now, I suppose, according to your American custom, we shall all put our feet on the chimney-piece.’ ‘ Certainly,’ replied his hostess, • and as you are so much longer than the others, you may put your feet on the looking-glass. The latter was ten feet from the ground. Thackeray was mortally offended.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVI, Issue XXII, 30 May 1896, Page 630
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