Quote by Nancy Mitford

... it is quite funny really when you think that probably I would have married him if he'd been at all clever about it. But instead of putting it to me as a sensible business proposition he would drag in all this talk about love the whole time, and I simply can't bear those showerings of sentimentality. Otherwise I should most likely have married him ages ago.

... it is quite funny really when you think that probably I

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In this quote, the speaker reflects on a missed opportunity for marriage. They express amusement at the realization that they might have married the person in question if the suitor had approached it as a practical arrangement rather than excessively emphasizing love and sentimentality. The speaker candidly admits their aversion to sentimental gestures, indicating that a more pragmatic proposal might have convinced them to marry the individual mentioned long ago.

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