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During most of that time, women's feet "like little mice stole in and out" (as Sir John Suckling put it in 1641) from under the hems of floor-length skirts.
If Starr hems and haws (or refuses to address the pivotal question of Bennett), we'll know that he and Bennett are not willing to put their denials to the test.