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Sally and Mr. Parker laughed at my fury , but I did n't see how they could take it so calmly . `` It is n't my scenery , so I do n't trouble myself , '' said Potter , when I asked why he did n't get up a secret night expedition to burn or chop down all the hoardings . But I 'm sure English people are n't careless like that . Each person thinks the good of the whole country is _ his _ business ; at least one would suppose so by the way everybody who comes to Battlemead talks politics and affairs of public interest , morning , noon and night . It seems , though , in America only policemen and people who live in Washington care about politics really , except to get benefits for themselves ; and it is n't good form to be too much interested in such things . Victoria would like this rule , for she has confessed to me that political questions bore her , and she would much rather be talked to about love or motoring , or even bridge ; but she always reads the newspapers hard for fifteen minutes while Thompson does her hair , if she 's going out to a big lunch or dinner , so that she will be up in everything and able to talk brilliantly to members of Parliament , or stuffy old things in the House of Lords . I calmed down somewhat after I 'd recovered from the first shock of seeing several islands entirely devoted to insisting that Uneeda Biscuit , or a Cigar , or some other extraneous thing which you 're sure you _ do n't _ need in the least , and would n't buy even if you did when it had been forced on you like that .