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When Darcy was a child, she learned to be polite. When visiting friends and relatives, her mother instructed her to accept what was offered with a spirit of gratitude. “If they hand you iced tea, thank them and drink it. It doesn’t matter if you really wanted lemonade.”

Darcy grew up believing she had to please others before herself. That’s how respectable young ladies did things. Her affluent family was very…