Quite right; to be a man described as boring would be as much of a social death sentence as to be a woman described as plain. I've often found that men are judged by their wit, and women by their beauty, but occasionally I wonder what might become of the world if the opposite were true.

Your bouquet shall indeed brighten my parlor, but it does clash somewhat with the drapes. Perhaps in the future, you might consider something in the purple and blue family.

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