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And perhaps nowhere was Victorian hypocrisy more visible… Than in the strange contrast between public morality… And private reality. This was an age obsessed with propriety. Table manners were strict. Conversation was restrained. Even mentioning one’s legs in polite company could be considered improper. And yet— Behind this curtain of respectability— Life was often astonishingly uncomfortable. Many families kept ornate perfume bottles and scented handkerchiefs close at hand… Not for f