THEN AND NOW Wife (drearily): Ah, me! the days of chivalry are past. Husband: What's the matter now? + Wife: Sir Walter RaleighWlaid his cloak on the ground for Queen Elizabeth to walk over, but you get mad simply because poor, dear mother sat down on your hat. (Observer, 11 April 1914)

THEN AND NOW Wife (drearily): Ah, me! the days of chivalry are past. Husband: What's the matter now? + Wife: Sir Walter RaleighWlaid his cloak on the ground for Queen Elizabeth to walk over, but you get mad simply because poor, dear mother sat down on your hat. (Observer, 11 April 1914)
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THEN AND NOW Wife (drearily): Ah, me! the days of chivalry are past. Husband: What's the matter now? + Wife: Sir Walter RaleighWlaid his cloak on the ground for Queen Elizabeth to walk over, but you get mad simply because poor, dear mother sat down on your hat. (Observer, 11 April 1914). Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/27578806

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