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As played by Lizzy Caplan, Johnson seems slightly overmannered to me: Even when she’s alone, she has the look of someone who feels like she is being watched.

From Slate • Jul. 11, 2014

“But rather a department store,” thought poor Patty, “than in this place, with these overdressed, overmannered women, who ape fine ladies’ manners.”

From Patty's Success by Wells, Carolyn