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They
made
other
observations
after
they
had
emerged
from
their
rooms
in
pursuit
of
breakfast
—
a
meal
of
which
they
partook
in
a
huge
bare
hall
,
where
a
hundred
Negroes
,
in
white
jackets
,
were
shuffling
about
upon
an
uncarpeted
floor
;
where
the
flies
were
superabundant
,
and
the
tables
and
dishes
covered
over
with
a
strange
,
voluminous
integument
of
coarse
blue
gauze
;
and
where
several
little
boys
and
girls
,
who
had
risen
late
,
were
seated
in
fastidious
solitude
at
the
morning
repast
.
These
young
persons
had
not
the
morning
paper
before
them
,
but
they
were
engaged
in
languid
perusal
of
the
bill
of
fare
.
This
latter
document
was
a
great
puzzle
to
our
friends
,
who
,
on
reflecting
that
its
bewildering
categories
had
relation
to
breakfast
alone
,
had
an
uneasy
prevision
of
an
encyclopedic
dinner
list
.
They
found
a
great
deal
of
entertainment
at
the
hotel
,
an
enormous
wooden
structure
,
for
the
erection
of
which
it
seemed
to
them
that
the
virgin
forests
of
the
West
must
have
been
terribly
deflowered
.
It
was
perforated
from
end
to
end
with
immense
bare
corridors
,
through
which
a
strong
draught
was
blowing
—
bearing
along
wonderful
figures
of
ladies
in
white
morning
dresses
and
clouds
of
Valenciennes
lace
,
who
seemed
to
float
down
the
long
vistas
with
expanded
furbelows
,
like
angels
spreading
their
wings
.
In
front
was
a
gigantic
veranda
,
upon
which
an
army
might
have
encamped
—
a
vast
wooden
terrace
,
with
a
roof
as
lofty
as
the
nave
of
a
cathedral
.
Here
our
young
Englishmen
enjoyed
,
as
they
supposed
,
a
glimpse
of
American
society
,
which
was
distributed
over
the
measureless
expanse
in
a
variety
of
sedentary
attitudes
,
and
appeared
to
consist
largely
of
pretty
young
girls
,
dressed
as
if
for
a
fete
champetre
,
swaying
to
and
fro
in
rocking
chairs
,
fanning
themselves
with
large
straw
fans
,
and
enjoying
an
enviable
exemption
from
social
cares
.
Lord
Lambeth
had
a
theory
,
which
it
might
be
interesting
to
trace
to
its
origin
,
that
it
would
be
not
only
agreeable
,
but
easily
possible
,
to
enter
into
relations
with
one
of
these
young
ladies
;
and
his
companion
(
as
he
had
done
a
couple
of
days
before
)
found
occasion
to
check
the
young
nobleman
’
s
colloquial
impulses
.
“
You
had
better
take
care
,
”
said
Percy
Beaumont
,
“
or
you
will
have
an
offended
father
or
brother
pulling
out
a
bowie
knife
.
”
“
I
assure
you
it
is
all
right
,
”
Lord
Lambeth
replied
.
“
You
know
the
Americans
come
to
these
big
hotels
to
make
acquaintances
.
”
“
I
know
nothing
about
it
,
and
neither
do
you
,
”
said
his
kinsman
,
who
,
like
a
clever
man
,
had
begun
to
perceive
that
the
observation
of
American
society
demanded
a
readjustment
of
one
’
s
standard
.
“
Hang
it
,
then
let
’
s
find
out
!
”
cried
Lord
Lambeth
with
some
impatience
.
“
You
know
I
don
’
t
want
to
miss
anything
.
”
“
We
will
find
out
,
”
said
Percy
Beaumont
very
reasonably
.
“
We
will
go
and
see
Mrs
.
Westgate
and
make
all
proper
inquiries
.
”
And
so
the
two
inquiring
Englishmen
,
who
had
this
lady
’
s
address
inscribed
in
her
husband
’
s
hand
upon
a
card
,
descended
from
the
veranda
of
the
big
hotel
and
took
their
way
,
according
to
direction
,
along
a
large
straight
road
,
past
a
series
of
fresh
-
looking
villas
embosomed
in
shrubs
and
flowers
and
enclosed
in
an
ingenious
variety
of
wooden
palings
.
The
morning
was
brilliant
and
cool
,
the
villas
were
smart
and
snug
,
and
the
walk
of
the
young
travelers
was
very
entertaining
.
Everything
looked
as
if
it
had
received
a
coat
of
fresh
paint
the
day
before
—
the
red
roofs
,
the
green
shutters
,
the
clean
,
bright
browns
and
buffs
of
the
housefronts
.
The
flower
beds
on
the
little
lawns
seemed
to
sparkle
in
the
radiant
air
,
and
the
gravel
in
the
short
carriage
sweeps
to
flash
and
twinkle
.
Along
the
road
came
a
hundred
little
basket
phaetons
,
in
which
,
almost
always
,
a
couple
of
ladies
were
sitting
—
ladies
in
white
dresses
and
long
white
gloves
,
holding
the
reins
and
looking
at
the
two
Englishmen
,
whose
nationality
was
not
elusive
,
through
thick
blue
veils
tied
tightly
about
their
faces
as
if
to
guard
their
complexions
.
At
last
the
young
men
came
within
sight
of
the
sea
again
,
and
then
,
having
interrogated
a
gardener
over
the
paling
of
a
villa
,
they
turned
into
an
open
gate
.
Here
they
found
themselves
face
to
face
with
the
ocean
and
with
a
very
picturesque
structure
,
resembling
a
magnified
chalet
,
which
was
perched
upon
a
green
embankment
just
above
it
.
The
house
had
a
veranda
of
extraordinary
width
all
around
it
and
a
great
many
doors
and
windows
standing
open
to
the
veranda
.
These
various
apertures
had
,
in
common
,
such
an
accessible
,
hospitable
air
,
such
a
breezy
flutter
within
of
light
curtains
,
such
expansive
thresholds
and
reassuring
interiors
,
that
our
friends
hardly
knew
which
was
the
regular
entrance
,
and
,
after
hesitating
a
moment
,
presented
themselves
at
one
of
the
windows
.
The
room
within
was
dark
,
but
in
a
moment
a
graceful
figure
vaguely
shaped
itself
in
the
rich
-
looking
gloom
,
and
a
lady
came
to
meet
them
.
Then
they
saw
that
she
had
been
seated
at
a
table
writing
,
and
that
she
had
heard
them
and
had
got
up
.
She
stepped
out
into
the
light
;
she
wore
a
frank
,
charming
smile
,
with
which
she
held
out
her
hand
to
Percy
Beaumont
.
“
Oh
,
you
must
be
Lord
Lambeth
and
Mr
.
Beaumont
,
”
she
said
.
“
I
have
heard
from
my
husband
that
you
would
come
.
I
am
extremely
glad
to
see
you
.
”
And
she
shook
hands
with
each
of
her
visitors
.
Her
visitors
were
a
little
shy
,
but
they
had
very
good
manners
;
they
responded
with
smiles
and
exclamations
,
and
they
apologized
for
not
knowing
the
front
door
.
The
lady
rejoined
,
with
vivacity
,
that
when
she
wanted
to
see
people
very
much
she
did
not
insist
upon
those
distinctions
,
and
that
Mr
.
Westgate
had
written
to
her
of
his
English
friends
in
terms
that
made
her
really
anxious
.
“
He
said
you
were
so
terribly
prostrated
,
”
said
Mrs
.
Westgate
.
“
Oh
,
you
mean
by
the
heat
?
”
replied
Percy
Beaumont
.
“
We
were
rather
knocked
up
,
but
we
feel
wonderfully
better
.
We
had
such
a
jolly
—
a
—
voyage
down
here
.
It
’
s
so
very
good
of
you
to
mind
.
”
“
Yes
,
it
’
s
so
very
kind
of
you
,
”
murmured
Lord
Lambeth
.
Mrs
.
Westgate
stood
smiling
;
she
was
extremely
pretty
.
“
Well
,
I
did
mind
,
”
she
said
;
“
and
I
thought
of
sending
for
you
this
morning
to
the
Ocean
House
.
I
am
very
glad
you
are
better
,
and
I
am
charmed
you
have
arrived
.
You
must
come
round
to
the
other
side
of
the
piazza
.
”
And
she
led
the
way
,
with
a
light
,
smooth
step
,
looking
back
at
the
young
men
and
smiling
.
The
other
side
of
the
piazza
was
,
as
Lord
Lambeth
presently
remarked
,
a
very
jolly
place
.
It
was
of
the
most
liberal
proportions
,
and
with
its
awnings
,
its
fanciful
chairs
,
its
cushions
and
rugs
,
its
view
of
the
ocean
,
close
at
hand
,
tumbling
along
the
base
of
the
low
cliffs
whose
level
tops
intervened
in
lawnlike
smoothness
,
it
formed
a
charming
complement
to
the
drawing
room
.
As
such
it
was
in
course
of
use
at
the
present
moment
;
it
was
occupied
by
a
social
circle
.
There
were
several
ladies
and
two
or
three
gentlemen
,
to
whom
Mrs
.
Westgate
proceeded
to
introduce
the
distinguished
strangers
.
She
mentioned
a
great
many
names
very
freely
and
distinctly
;
the
young
Englishmen
,
shuffling
about
and
bowing
,
were
rather
bewildered
.
But
at
last
they
were
provided
with
chairs
—
low
,
wicker
chairs
,
gilded
,
and
tied
with
a
great
many
ribbons
—
and
one
of
the
ladies
(
a
very
young
person
,
with
a
little
snub
nose
and
several
dimples
)
offered
Percy
Beaumont
a
fan
.
The
fan
was
also
adorned
with
pink
love
knots
;
but
Percy
Beaumont
declined
it
,
although
he
was
very
hot
.
Presently
,
however
,
it
became
cooler
;
the
breeze
from
the
sea
was
delicious
,
the
view
was
charming
,
and
the
people
sitting
there
looked
exceedingly
fresh
and
comfortable
.
Several
of
the
ladies
seemed
to
be
young
girls
,
and
the
gentlemen
were
slim
,
fair
youths
,
such
as
our
friends
had
seen
the
day
before
in
New
York
.
The
ladies
were
working
upon
bands
of
tapestry
,
and
one
of
the
young
men
had
an
open
book
in
his
lap
.
Beaumont
afterward
learned
from
one
of
the
ladies
that
this
young
man
had
been
reading
aloud
,
that
he
was
from
Boston
and
was
very
fond
of
reading
aloud
.
Beaumont
said
it
was
a
great
pity
that
they
had
interrupted
him
;
he
should
like
so
much
(
from
all
he
had
heard
)
to
hear
a
Bostonian
read
.
Couldn
’
t
the
young
man
be
induced
to
go
on
?
“
Oh
no
,
”
said
his
informant
very
freely
;
“
he
wouldn
’
t
be
able
to
get
the
young
ladies
to
attend
to
him
now
.
”
There
was
something
very
friendly
,
Beaumont
perceived
,
in
the
attitude
of
the
company
;
they
looked
at
the
young
Englishmen
with
an
air
of
animated
sympathy
and
interest
;
they
smiled
,
brightly
and
unanimously
,
at
everything
either
of
the
visitors
said
.
Lord
Lambeth
and
his
companion
felt
that
they
were
being
made
very
welcome
.
Mrs
.
Westgate
seated
herself
between
them
,
and
,
talking
a
great
deal
to
each
,
they
had
occasion
to
observe
that
she
was
as
pretty
as
their
friend
Littledale
had
promised
.
She
was
thirty
years
old
,
with
the
eyes
and
the
smile
of
a
girl
of
seventeen
,
and
she
was
extremely
light
and
graceful
,
elegant
,
exquisite
.
Mrs
.
Westgate
was
extremely
spontaneous
.
She
was
very
frank
and
demonstrative
and
appeared
always
—
while
she
looked
at
you
delightedly
with
her
beautiful
young
eyes
—
to
be
making
sudden
confessions
and
concessions
,
after
momentary
hesitations
.
“
We
shall
expect
to
see
a
great
deal
of
you
,
”
she
said
to
Lord
Lambeth
with
a
kind
of
joyous
earnestness
.
“
We
are
very
fond
of
Englishmen
here
;
that
is
,
there
are
a
great
many
we
have
been
fond
of
.
After
a
day
or
two
you
must
come
and
stay
with
us
;
we
hope
you
will
stay
a
long
time
.
Newport
’
s
a
very
nice
place
when
you
come
really
to
know
it
,
when
you
know
plenty
of
people
.
Of
course
you
and
Mr
.
Beaumont
will
have
no
difficulty
about
that
.
Englishmen
are
very
well
received
here
;
there
are
almost
always
two
or
three
of
them
about
.
I
think
they
always
like
it
,
and
I
must
say
I
should
think
they
would
.
They
receive
ever
so
much
attention
.
I
must
say
I
think
they
sometimes
get
spoiled
;
but
I
am
sure
you
and
Mr
.
Beaumont
are
proof
against
that
.
My
husband
tells
me
you
are
a
friend
of
Captain
Littledale
;
he
was
such
a
charming
man
.
He
made
himself
most
agreeable
here
,
and
I
am
sure
I
wonder
he
didn
’
t
stay
.
It
couldn
’
t
have
been
pleasanter
for
him
in
his
own
country
,
though
,
I
suppose
,
it
is
very
pleasant
in
England
,
for
English
people
.
I
don
’
t
know
myself
;
I
have
been
there
very
little
.
I
have
been
a
great
deal
abroad
,
but
I
am
always
on
the
Continent
.
I
must
say
I
’
m
extremely
fond
of
Paris
;
you
know
we
Americans
always
are
;
we
go
there
when
we
die
.
Did
you
ever
hear
that
before
?
That
was
said
by
a
great
wit
,
I
mean
the
good
Americans
;
but
we
are
all
good
;
you
’
ll
see
that
for
yourself
.
All
I
know
of
England
is
London
,
and
all
I
know
of
London
is
that
place
on
that
little
corner
,
you
know
,
where
you
buy
jackets
—
jackets
with
that
coarse
braid
and
those
big
buttons
.
They
make
very
good
jackets
in
London
,
I
will
do
you
the
justice
to
say
that
.
And
some
people
like
the
hats
;
but
about
the
hats
I
was
always
a
heretic
;
I
always
got
my
hats
in
Paris
.
You
can
’
t
wear
an
English
hat
—
at
least
I
never
could
—
unless
you
dress
your
hair
a
l
’
Anglaise
;
and
I
must
say
that
is
a
talent
I
have
never
possessed
.
In
Paris
they
will
make
things
to
suit
your
peculiarities
;
but
in
England
I
think
you
like
much
more
to
have
—
how
shall
I
say
it
?
—
one
thing
for
everybody
.
I
mean
as
regards
dress
.
I
don
’
t
know
about
other
things
;
but
I
have
always
supposed
that
in
other
things
everything
was
different
.
I
mean
according
to
the
people
—
according
to
the
classes
,
and
all
that
.
I
am
afraid
you
will
think
that
I
don
’
t
take
a
very
favorable
view
;
but
you
know
you
can
’
t
take
a
very
favorable
view
in
Dover
Street
in
the
month
of
November
.
That
has
always
been
my
fate
.
Do
you
know
Jones
’
s
Hotel
in
Dover
Street
?
That
’
s
all
I
know
of
England
.
Of
course
everyone
admits
that
the
English
hotels
are
your
weak
point
.
There
was
always
the
most
frightful
fog
;
I
couldn
’
t
see
to
try
my
things
on
.
When
I
got
over
to
America
—
into
the
light
—
I
usually
found
they
were
twice
too
big
.
The
next
time
I
mean
to
go
in
the
season
;
I
think
I
shall
go
next
year
.
I
want
very
much
to
take
my
sister
;
she
has
never
been
to
England
.
I
don
’
t
know
whether
you
know
what
I
mean
by
saying
that
the
Englishmen
who
come
here
sometimes
get
spoiled
.
I
mean
that
they
take
things
as
a
matter
of
course
—
things
that
are
done
for
them
.
Now
,
naturally
,
they
are
only
a
matter
of
course
when
the
Englishmen
are
very
nice
.
But
,
of
course
,
they
are
almost
always
very
nice
.
Of
course
this
isn
’
t
nearly
such
an
interesting
country
as
England
;
there
are
not
nearly
so
many
things
to
see
,
and
we
haven
’
t
your
country
life
.
I
have
never
seen
anything
of
your
country
life
;
when
I
am
in
Europe
I
am
always
on
the
Continent
.
But
I
have
heard
a
great
deal
about
it
;
I
know
that
when
you
are
among
yourselves
in
the
country
you
have
the
most
beautiful
time
.
Of
course
we
have
nothing
of
that
sort
,
we
have
nothing
on
that
scale
.
I
don
’
t
apologize
,
Lord
Lambeth
;
some
Americans
are
always
apologizing
;
you
must
have
noticed
that
.
We
have
the
reputation
of
always
boasting
and
bragging
and
waving
the
American
flag
;
but
I
must
say
that
what
strikes
me
is
that
we
are
perpetually
making
excuses
and
trying
to
smooth
things
over
.
The
American
flag
has
quite
gone
out
of
fashion
;
it
’
s
very
carefully
folded
up
,
like
an
old
tablecloth
.
Why
should
we
apologize
?
The
English
never
apologize
—
do
they
?
No
;
I
must
say
I
never
apologize
.
You
must
take
us
as
we
come
—
with
all
our
imperfections
on
our
heads
.
Of
course
we
haven
’
t
your
country
life
,
and
your
old
ruins
,
and
your
great
estates
,
and
your
leisure
class
,
and
all
that
.
But
if
we
haven
’
t
,
I
should
think
you
might
find
it
a
pleasant
change
—
I
think
any
country
is
pleasant
where
they
have
pleasant
manners
.
Captain
Littledale
told
me
he
had
never
seen
such
pleasant
manners
as
at
Newport
,
and
he
had
been
a
great
deal
in
European
society
.
Hadn
’
t
he
been
in
the
diplomatic
service
?
He
told
me
the
dream
of
his
life
was
to
get
appointed
to
a
diplomatic
post
in
Washington
.
But
he
doesn
’
t
seem
to
have
succeeded
.
I
suppose
that
in
England
promotion
—
and
all
that
sort
of
thing
—
is
fearfully
slow
.
With
us
,
you
know
,
it
’
s
a
great
deal
too
fast
.
You
see
,
I
admit
our
drawbacks
.
But
I
must
confess
I
think
Newport
is
an
ideal
place
.
I
don
’
t
know
anything
like
it
anywhere
.
Captain
Littledale
told
me
he
didn
’
t
know
anything
like
it
anywhere
.
It
’
s
entirely
different
from
most
watering
places
;
it
’
s
a
most
charming
life
.
I
must
say
I
think
that
when
one
goes
to
a
foreign
country
one
ought
to
enjoy
the
differences
.
Of
course
there
are
differences
,
otherwise
what
did
one
come
abroad
for
?
Look
for
your
pleasure
in
the
differences
,
Lord
Lambeth
;
that
’
s
the
way
to
do
it
;
and
then
I
am
sure
you
will
find
American
society
—
at
least
Newport
society
—
most
charming
and
most
interesting
.
I
wish
very
much
my
husband
were
here
;
but
he
’
s
dreadfully
confined
to
New
York
.
I
suppose
you
think
that
is
very
strange
—
for
a
gentleman
.
But
you
see
we
haven
’
t
any
leisure
class
.
”
Mrs
.
Westgate
’
s
discourse
,
delivered
in
a
soft
,
sweet
voice
,
flowed
on
like
a
miniature
torrent
,
and
was
interrupted
by
a
hundred
little
smiles
,
glances
,
and
gestures
,
which
might
have
figured
the
irregularities
and
obstructions
of
such
a
stream
.
Lord
Lambeth
listened
to
her
with
,
it
must
be
confessed
,
a
rather
ineffectual
attention
,
although
he
indulged
in
a
good
many
little
murmurs
and
ejaculations
of
assent
and
deprecation
.
He
had
no
great
faculty
for
apprehending
generalizations
.
