Stiff Upper Lip: Displays of talcoríëf (see: Blue and Orange Morality) are made of this. Aplomb, always aplomb. (Although, in fairness, well-executed talcoríëf does permit a little more enthusiasm than this – but is much the same where imperturbability is called for.)
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