I have always loved the 'cut direct'
(1) The cut direct is to stare an acquaintance in the face and pretend not to know him.
(2) The cut indirect, to look another way, and pretend not to see him.
(3) The cut sublime, to admire the top of some tall edifice or the clouds of heaven till the person cut has passed by.
(4) The cut infernal, to stoop and adjust your boots till the party has gone past.
I would agree. And it’s apt. I never knew this person. I don’t know it now.
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