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Dear Mary

Dear Mary

21 January 2017

9:00 AM

21 January 2017

9:00 AM

Q. At a drinks party at Christie’s this evening my face was splattered with flecks of spit from the guest I was talking to. I desperately wanted to wipe them off but felt that would have been impolite (and in fact I had no handkerchief anyway). What is the top way to deal with this problem?
— F.I.,

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