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For her birthday Debo was given a car and a course of driving lessons. It looks as if Sydney was taking no chances of her becoming bored, and bolting. But there was never any real danger of that for, in general, Debo enjoyed her life at home. On the other hand, this youngest of the Mitford sisters had every right to feel aggrieved by the actions of some of her siblings. Not only had Decca’s elopement upset her emotionally, it dampened her birthday celebrations. Even worse, the notoriety of Diana, Unity and Decca inevitably cast a blight on her prospects. What mother of an eligible son could have felt unalloyed pleasure in a connection with a family where three elder sisters had already demonstrated such contempt of Society’s values? Sydney realized this and was ultra-careful on Debo’s behalf. But Debo was never affected with the jealousy from which Nancy suffered or with Decca’s inexplicable bitterness. She was uncomplicated, like Pam, although far more lively and everyone liked her.
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Mary S. Lovell (The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family)