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Always be civil to the girls, you never know who they may marry' is a aphorism which has saved many an English spinster from being treated like an Indian widow.

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Nancy Mitford
Age: 68 †
Born: 1904
Born: November 28
Died: 1973
Died: January 1
Biographer
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
London
England
Nancy Freeman-Mitford
Hon. Nancy Freeman-Mitford
Nancy Rodd
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Never
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