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[up_the_hammers]

Some rather strange lady has commissioned a portrait of her dogs, which is all very well, but she will insist on sitting staring at me while I do the preliminary portraits and talking about Africa, and "how marvellous ethnicity is, isn't it Mr Thomas? You blacks are now terribly empowered, which is simply wonderful, eh?" She means well, but she's

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[runsinthefamily]

That's very rude of her, and I think it's no excuse that she's old.

[orestes_bride]

That's unforgivable. Do you really need the money or can you tell her where to get off?

[up_the_hammers]

The money is always useful, and Mum told me to be nice to old ladies as they're brought up on a different set of values from me. The worst bit of it is that I think she quite fancies me.