In the 1930's a poor girl from the East End of London was invited to a charity tea at the home of a local magistrate's wife.
The little girl sat down at the table, turned to her fine hostess and said: "I see you keep your house very clean. Cleanliness is next to godliness, you know."
The lady smiled, and gave her husband a knowing look.
"Is your husband working?" asked the little girl.
"But of course!" said the lady. "What a strange question for you to ask."
"And are you both keeping off the drink?"
"What an impertinent little girl!" cried the magistrates wife."When you are out visiting you should take care to behave like a lady, my child."
"But I do!" said the little girl. "When the ladies visit our house, they always ask those questions!"
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Many a true word...
Has a ring of truth about it ;D