Word: llandaff
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Cooper did a lot of commuting between Paris and London, and he successfully tried the English game of snobbery; he decided, for instance, that the Bishop of Llandaff was not "the real thing," mainly because the cleric said "My Lady" to a lady, just like the servants. He never really felt right in England; for one thing, tips ($50 in 16 days) were excessive, and for another, he lacked either a British or American sense of humor. In the end, he came to feel guilty when he found that the creator of Leatherstocking had a reputation back home of "trying...
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