24th July
When the air clears and the orders stop raining down on my head, I can see quite clearly for myself that the reason he’s so bad-tempered is that fundamentally he’s an extremely lazy man; he never does anything for himself, but only tells you how to do it, and is rude to you into the bargain. He calls this ‘a genius for organisation’. But putting your finger on other people’s weaknesses isn’t so difficult[.]
Rosemary Tonks, The Way Out of Berkeley Square (1971)
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