The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow

The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow

Im sure I dont know what I do want now. I had made up my mind a minute ago, and now its all gone againoh yes, I remember, the red. Yes, Ill have the red. No, I dont mean the red, I mean the grey. Oh, very well, she replies, with the air of one from whom all earthly cares are falling, I must take that then, I suppose. I cant be worried about it any longer. Ive wasted half the morning already. Outside she recollects three insuperable objections to the red, and four unanswerable arguments why she should have selected the grey. She wonders would they change it, if she went back and asked to see the shop-walker? Her friend, who wants her lunch, thinks not. We laugh at her, but are we so very much better? Come, my superior male friend, have you never stood, amid your wardrobe, undecided whether, in her eyes, you would appear more imposing, clad in the rough tweed suit that so admirably displays your broad shoulders; or in the orthodox black frock, that, after all, is perhaps more suitable to the figure of a man approachinglet us say, the nine-and-twenties? Or, better still, why not riding costume? Did we not hear her say how well Jones looked in his top-boots and breeches, and, hang it all, we have a better leg than Jones. What a pity riding-breeches are made so baggy nowadays. Why is it that male fashions tend more and more to hide the male leg? As women have become less and less ashamed of theirs, we have become more and more reticent of ours. Why are the silken hose, the tight-fitting pantaloons, the neat kneebreeches of our forefathers impossible to-day? Are we grown more modestor has there come about a falling off, rendering concealment advisable? ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 1915
Author: Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
Release Date: Oct 1, 1999
Format: eBook
Language: English