'They say', said Una, 'that if two couples go out together you can tell their social status by the way they pair off. If they're working class the two girls walk together, if they're middle class husband and wife walk together, and if they're upper class each husband walks with the other one's wife.'
Ruth Rendell, Make Death Love Me
Absolutely 100% true, and very well-observed.
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