Protesters in Kiev scuffle with riot police over the government's abrupt decision to pause integration with the EU in favor of closer ties with Russia.
You may as well call it impertinence at once. It was very little less. The fact is, that you were sick of civility, of deference, of officious attention.
From pert telegrams to priggish lawyer's letters was a natural progress and the result of your lawyer's letters to your father was, of course, to urge him on still further.