The sentence is:
• Left over from last century, shop soiled the next.
CONTEXT: Two friend are talking about a rich, old woman who they met a few hours before. She used lipstick, which I guess was unusual at that time and she had beed very antipatethic with them.
Background: Japan, end of the meiji period, beginning of the 20th century. Two poor intellectuals are talking.
Dialogue:
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A: That painted mouth like a hungry maul!
B: Lipstick smeared all over.
<...>
B: That face is a crime.
A: Left over from last century, shop soiled the next.
Thanks!
• Left over from last century, shop soiled the next.
CONTEXT: Two friend are talking about a rich, old woman who they met a few hours before. She used lipstick, which I guess was unusual at that time and she had beed very antipatethic with them.
Background: Japan, end of the meiji period, beginning of the 20th century. Two poor intellectuals are talking.
Dialogue:
<-----Excess quote removed by moderator (Florentia52. Remaining text edited for legibilit.)----->
A: That painted mouth like a hungry maul!
B: Lipstick smeared all over.
<...>
B: That face is a crime.
A: Left over from last century, shop soiled the next.
Thanks!
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