"I think housework is far more tiring and frightening than hunting is, no comparison, and yet after hunting we had eggs for tea and were made to rest for hours, but after housework people expect one to go on just as if nothing special had happened."
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The Pursuit of Love (1945).
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Nancy Mitford
Nancy Mitford (28 November 1904–30 June 1973) was an English novelist, biographer, and journalist.
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