Your rat tail is all the fashion now. I prefer a bushy plume, carried …

Raymond Chandler
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Your rat tail is all the fashion now. I prefer a bushy plume, carried straight up. You are Siamese and your ancestors lived in trees. Mine lived in palaces. It has been suggested to me that I am a bit of a snob. How true! I prefer to be. ✨ Raymond Chandler (1987). Selected Letters of Raymond Chandler, Delta
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