Georgia (part 3.5)
July 23, 2008
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He assured me that my case was neither terminal or for that matter important in light of the pressing practical considerations of the age.
These are not soft times. – He said.
He told me that a business man, such as myself, should have a very strict set of criteria when choosing a wife and that beauty was in no way the least of them. He told me that successful businessmen were always adorned with beautiful wives as it is a necessary indicator to other businessmen that he is a man worthy of taking a risk on. The importance of this could not be overestimated.
He told me that although he had nothing but respect for the Irish (in particular he held in high regard their great capacity for drink), but that no matter how beautiful my Irish fiancé was, she could not be as beautiful as his daughter. It was not possible. He went on to explain that beauty is for the most part a function of climate, and that Ireland simply did not have the altitude to produce beauties such as could be found in the most common Georgian village.
