Anita Loos

Name: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes — Chapter 3: London is Really Nothing
Author: Anita Loos

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes — Chapter 3… (1926)

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“Gentlemen Prefer Blondes — Chapter 3: London is Really Nothing”, published in 1926, is a work by Anita Loos. It explores elements such as Piggie, Dorothy and Francis Beekman.

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Anita Loos, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes — Chapter 3… (1926)

“ So last night Piggie and I and Dorothy and the dancer who is called Gerald went to the Kit Kat Club as Gerald had nothing better to do because he is out of a job. So Dorothy and I had quite a little quarrel because I told Dorothy that she was wasting quite a lot of time going with any gentleman who is out of a job but Dorothy is always getting to really like somebody and she will never learn how to act. I mean I always seem to think that when a girl really enjoys being with a gentleman, it puts her to quite a disadvantage and no real good can come of it. ”

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Anita Loos, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes — Chapter 3… (1926)

“ So Major Falcon drives his own car so Dorothy sat with him and I sat with Sir Francis Beekman but I told him that I was not going to call him Sir Francis Beekman but I was really going to call him Piggie.
In London they make a very, very great fuss over nothing at all. I mean London is really nothing at all. For instants, they make a great fuss over a tower that really is not even as tall as the Hickox building in Little Rock Arkansas and it would only make a chimney on one of our towers in New York. ”

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Anita Loos, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes — Chapter 3… (1926)

“ So then Dorothy and Gerald came in and I told them all about what a wonderful gentleman Piggie turned out to be and I told them when a gentleman sent a girl one dozen orchids every day he really reminded me of a prince. So Piggie blushed quite a lot and he was really very very pleased and he did not say any more that it was not him. So then I started to make a fuss over him and I told him he would have to look out because he was really so good looking and I was so full of impulses that I might even lose my mind some time and give him a kiss. ”

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Anita Loos, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes — Chapter 3… (1926)

“ So yesterday Dorothy and I went down to luncheon at the Ritz and we saw a quite cute little blond girl at the next table and I nudged Dorothy under the table, because I do not think it is nice to nudge a person on top of the table as I am trying to teach good manners to Dorothy. ”

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Anita Loos, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes — Chapter 3… (1926)

“ So then I looked around the room and I noticed a gentleman who seemed to be quite well groomed. So I asked Major Falcon who he was and he said he was called Sir Francis Beekman and it seems he is very, very wealthy. So then I asked Major Falcon to give us an introduction to one another and we met one another and I asked Sir Francis Beekman if he would hold my hat while I could try on the diamond tiara because I could wear it backwards with a ribbon, on account of my hair being hobbed, and I told Sir Francis Beekman that I really thought it looked quite cute. ”

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Anita Loos, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes — Chapter 3… (1926)

“ So by the time Piggie pays for a few dozen orchids, the diamond tiara will really seem like quite a bargain. Because I always think that spending money is only just a habit and if you get a gentleman started on buying one dozen orchids at a time he really gets very good habits. ”

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Anita Loos, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes — Chapter 3… (1926)

“ Weeks to pay her for the diamond tiara and she nearly fell dead but she will keep it a secret because no one would believe it anyway. So now I have the diamond tiara and I have to admit that everything always turns out for the best. But I promised Piggie that I would always stay in London and we would always be friendly. Because Piggie always says that I am the
“So I promised Piggie that I would always stay in London.” only one who admires him for what he really is. ”

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Anita Loos, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes — Chapter 3… (1926)

“ Because her mother seems to be called a Countess and raise dogs. So her mother was having a party too, and she seemed to have quite red hair and quite a lot of paint for such an elderly lady. So the first thing she asked us was she asked us if we bought some shell flowers from her daughter. So we told her no. But she did not seem to act like a Countess of her elderly age should act. ”

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