Reginald, a languid, beautifully dressed young man, attends garden parties, the Academy, the theatre and country house-parties, offering outrageous views on Christmas presents, worries, besetting sins and the woman who told the truth. Each short sketch is a flight of epigrams at the expense of Edwardian society.
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