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by a careful and diplomatic woman, on the next reception day of the person who has made the call, if she has a reception day; and if she has none, then at any propitious time within a week or fortnight. After this polite exchange of civilities a longer period between visits may be allowed to elapse. But it is never kind or courteous to wait from six weeks to two months before returning a call, especially the first in a season, from an acquaintance. Calls exchanged once in twelve months indicate, in fashionable society, the continuance of a purely formal acquaintance. A call must be answered by a call, not by the leaving of a card at the door of an acquaintance.
Calls of condolence, of sympathy, of inquiry, and congratulations are usually answered by cards sent as directed in the following chapter. When, at the request of a friend or relative, a hostess extends the hospitality of her home to a woman whom she does not personally know, she is not obliged to return the call which the stranger naturally pays her after the entertainment.
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