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 AREN’T THE RUSSIANS WONDERFUL?

REN'T the Russians marvelous people!

We’ve been taking up Diaghileff in a serious way—our little group, you know—and, really, he’s wonderful!

Who else but Diaghileff could give those lovely Russian things the proper accent?

And accent—if you know what I mean—accent is everything!

Accent! Accent! What would art be without accent?

Accent is coming in—if you get what I mean—and what they call "punch" is going out. I always thought it was a frightfully vulgar sort of thing, anyhow—punch!

The thing I love about the Russians is their Orientalism.

You know, there’s an old saying that if you find a Russian you catch a Tartar. . . or something like that.

I’m sure that is wrong. . . . I get so mixed on quotations. But I always know where I can find them, if you know what I mean.

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