Show our awful language lears I 1 ears ago there was in london a russian diplomat ambassador schou who greatly admired english women and who was heartily annoyed when he offended any one of them while he was there he learned eng lish and having heard one famous english beauty say shut up to an other he imagined it to be a phrase of polite agreement such as say no more this sense he addressed himself to an illustrious lady the next night at dinner to the lady s conster nation and his own when u hen later he dis covered his mistake |