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But
why
don
’
t
you
address
the
House
?
—
isn
’
t
that
what
they
call
it
?
”
“
Because
I
have
nothing
to
say
,
”
said
Lord
Lambeth
.
“
Haven
’
t
you
a
great
position
?
”
asked
Bessie
Alden
.
He
looked
a
moment
at
the
back
of
his
glove
.
“
I
’
ll
set
that
down
,
”
he
said
,
“
as
one
of
your
mistakes
—
to
your
credit
.
”
And
as
if
he
disliked
talking
about
his
position
,
he
changed
the
subject
.
“
I
wish
you
would
let
me
go
with
you
to
the
Tower
,
and
to
Hampton
Court
,
and
to
all
those
other
places
.
”
“
We
shall
be
most
happy
,
”
said
Bessie
.
“
And
of
course
I
shall
be
delighted
to
show
you
the
House
of
Lords
—
some
day
that
suits
you
.
There
are
a
lot
of
things
I
want
to
do
for
you
.
I
want
to
make
you
have
a
good
time
.
And
I
should
like
very
much
to
present
some
of
my
friends
to
you
,
if
it
wouldn
’
t
bore
you
.
Then
it
would
be
awfully
kind
of
you
to
come
down
to
Branches
.
”
“
We
are
much
obliged
to
you
,
Lord
Lambeth
,
”
said
Bessie
.
“
What
is
Branches
?
”
“
It
’
s
a
house
in
the
country
.
I
think
you
might
like
it
.
”
Willie
Woodley
and
Mrs
.
Westgate
at
this
moment
were
sitting
in
silence
,
and
the
young
man
’
s
ear
caught
these
last
words
of
Lord
Lambeth
’
s
.
“
He
’
s
inviting
Miss
Bessie
to
one
of
his
castles
,
”
he
murmured
to
his
companion
.
Mrs
.
Westgate
,
foreseeing
what
she
mentally
called
“
complications
,
”
immediately
got
up
;
and
the
two
ladies
,
taking
leave
of
Lord
Lambeth
,
returned
,
under
Mr
.
Woodley
’
s
conduct
,
to
Jones
’
s
Hotel
.
Lord
Lambeth
came
to
see
them
on
the
morrow
,
bringing
Percy
Beaumont
with
him
—
the
latter
having
instantly
declared
his
intention
of
neglecting
none
of
the
usual
offices
of
civility
.
This
declaration
,
however
,
when
his
kinsman
informed
him
of
the
advent
of
their
American
friends
,
had
been
preceded
by
another
remark
.
“
Here
they
are
,
then
,
and
you
are
in
for
it
.
”
“
What
am
I
in
for
?
”
demanded
Lord
Lambeth
.
“
I
will
let
your
mother
give
it
a
name
.
With
all
respect
to
whom
,
”
added
Percy
Beaumont
,
“
I
must
decline
on
this
occasion
to
do
any
more
police
duty
.
Her
Grace
must
look
after
you
herself
.
”
“
I
will
give
her
a
chance
,
”
said
her
Grace
’
s
son
,
a
trifle
grimly
.
“
I
shall
make
her
go
and
see
them
.
”
“
She
won
’
t
do
it
,
my
boy
.
”
“
We
’
ll
see
if
she
doesn
’
t
,
”
said
Lord
Lambeth
.
But
if
Percy
Beaumont
took
a
somber
view
of
the
arrival
of
the
two
ladies
at
Jones
’
s
Hotel
,
he
was
sufficiently
a
man
of
the
world
to
offer
them
a
smiling
countenance
.
He
fell
into
animated
conversation
—
conversation
,
at
least
,
that
was
animated
on
her
side
—
with
Mrs
.
Westgate
,
while
his
companion
made
himself
agreeable
to
the
younger
lady
.
Mrs
.
Westgate
began
confessing
and
protesting
,
declaring
and
expounding
.
“
I
must
say
London
is
a
great
deal
brighter
and
prettier
just
now
than
it
was
when
I
was
here
last
—
in
the
month
of
November
.
There
is
evidently
a
great
deal
going
on
,
and
you
seem
to
have
a
good
many
flowers
.
I
have
no
doubt
it
is
very
charming
for
all
you
people
,
and
that
you
amuse
yourselves
immensely
.
It
is
very
good
of
you
to
let
Bessie
and
me
come
and
sit
and
look
at
you
.
I
suppose
you
will
think
I
am
very
satirical
,
but
I
must
confess
that
that
’
s
the
feeling
I
have
in
London
.
”
“
I
am
afraid
I
don
’
t
quite
understand
to
what
feeling
you
allude
,
”
said
Percy
Beaumont
.
“
The
feeling
that
it
’
s
all
very
well
for
you
English
people
.
Everything
is
beautifully
arranged
for
you
.
”
“
It
seems
to
me
it
is
very
well
for
some
Americans
,
sometimes
,
”
rejoined
Beaumont
.
“
For
some
of
them
,
yes
—
if
they
like
to
be
patronized
.
But
I
must
say
I
don
’
t
like
to
be
patronized
.
I
may
be
very
eccentric
,
and
undisciplined
,
and
outrageous
,
but
I
confess
I
never
was
fond
of
patronage
.
I
like
to
associate
with
people
on
the
same
terms
as
I
do
in
my
own
country
;
that
’
s
a
peculiar
taste
that
I
have
.
But
here
people
seem
to
expect
something
else
—
Heaven
knows
what
!
I
am
afraid
you
will
think
I
am
very
ungrateful
,
for
I
certainly
have
received
a
great
deal
of
attention
.
The
last
time
I
was
here
,
a
lady
sent
me
a
message
that
I
was
at
liberty
to
come
and
see
her
.
”
“
Dear
me
!
I
hope
you
didn
’
t
go
,
”
observed
Percy
Beaumont
.
“
You
are
deliciously
naive
,
I
must
say
that
for
you
!
”
Mrs
.
Westgate
exclaimed
.
“
It
must
be
a
great
advantage
to
you
here
in
London
.
I
suppose
that
if
I
myself
had
a
little
more
naivete
,
I
should
enjoy
it
more
.
I
should
be
content
to
sit
on
a
chair
in
the
park
,
and
see
the
people
pass
,
and
be
told
that
this
is
the
Duchess
of
Suffolk
,
and
that
is
the
Lord
Chamberlain
,
and
that
I
must
be
thankful
for
the
privilege
of
beholding
them
.
I
daresay
it
is
very
wicked
and
critical
of
me
to
ask
for
anything
else
.
But
I
was
always
critical
,
and
I
freely
confess
to
the
sin
of
being
fastidious
.
I
am
told
there
is
some
remarkably
superior
second
-
rate
society
provided
here
for
strangers
.
Merci
!
I
don
’
t
want
any
superior
second
-
rate
society
.
I
want
the
society
that
I
have
been
accustomed
to
.
”
“
I
hope
you
don
’
t
call
Lambeth
and
me
second
rate
,
”
Beaumont
interposed
.
“
Oh
,
I
am
accustomed
to
you
,
”
said
Mrs
.
Westgate
.
“
Do
you
know
that
you
English
sometimes
make
the
most
wonderful
speeches
?
The
first
time
I
came
to
London
I
went
out
to
dine
—
as
I
told
you
,
I
have
received
a
great
deal
of
attention
.
After
dinner
,
in
the
drawing
room
,
I
had
some
conversation
with
an
old
lady
;
I
assure
you
I
had
.
I
forget
what
we
talked
about
,
but
she
presently
said
,
in
allusion
to
something
we
were
discussing
,
‘
Oh
,
you
know
,
the
aristocracy
do
so
-
and
-
so
;
but
in
one
’
s
own
class
of
life
it
is
very
different
.
’
In
one
’
s
own
class
of
life
!
What
is
a
poor
unprotected
American
woman
to
do
in
a
country
where
she
is
liable
to
have
that
sort
of
thing
said
to
her
?
”
“
You
seem
to
get
hold
of
some
very
queer
old
ladies
;
I
compliment
you
on
your
acquaintance
!
”
Percy
Beaumont
exclaimed
.
“
If
you
are
trying
to
bring
me
to
admit
that
London
is
an
odious
place
,
you
’
ll
not
succeed
.
I
’
m
extremely
fond
of
it
,
and
I
think
it
the
jolliest
place
in
the
world
.
”
“
Pour
vous
autres
.
I
never
said
the
contrary
,
”
Mrs
.
Westgate
retorted
.
I
make
use
of
this
expression
,
because
both
interlocutors
had
begun
to
raise
their
voices
.
Percy
Beaumont
naturally
did
not
like
to
hear
his
country
abused
,
and
Mrs
.
Westgate
,
no
less
naturally
,
did
not
like
a
stubborn
debater
.
“
Hallo
!
”
said
Lord
Lambeth
;
“
what
are
they
up
to
now
?
”
And
he
came
away
from
the
window
,
where
he
had
been
standing
with
Bessie
Alden
.
“
I
quite
agree
with
a
very
clever
countrywoman
of
mine
,
”
Mrs
.
Westgate
continued
with
charming
ardor
,
though
with
imperfect
relevancy
.
She
smiled
at
the
two
gentlemen
for
a
moment
with
terrible
brightness
,
as
if
to
toss
at
their
feet
—
upon
their
native
heath
—
the
gauntlet
of
defiance
.
“
For
me
,
there
are
only
two
social
positions
worth
speaking
of
—
that
of
an
American
lady
and
that
of
the
Emperor
of
Russia
.
”
“
And
what
do
you
do
with
the
American
gentlemen
?
”
asked
Lord
Lambeth
.
“
She
leaves
them
in
America
!
”
said
Percy
Beaumont
.
On
the
departure
of
their
visitors
,
Bessie
Alden
told
her
sister
that
Lord
Lambeth
would
come
the
next
day
,
to
go
with
them
to
the
Tower
,
and
that
he
had
kindly
offered
to
bring
his
“
trap
”
and
drive
them
thither
.
Mrs
.
Westgate
listened
in
silence
to
this
communication
,
and
for
some
time
afterward
she
said
nothing
.
But
at
last
,
“
If
you
had
not
requested
me
the
other
day
not
to
mention
it
,
”
she
began
,
“
there
is
something
I
should
venture
to
ask
you
.
”
Bessie
frowned
a
little
;
her
dark
blue
eyes
were
more
dark
than
blue
.
But
her
sister
went
on
.
“
As
it
is
,
I
will
take
the
risk
.
You
are
not
in
love
with
Lord
Lambeth
:
I
believe
it
,
perfectly
.
Very
good
.
But
is
there
,
by
chance
,
any
danger
of
your
becoming
so
?
It
’
s
a
very
simple
question
;
don
’
t
take
offense
.
I
have
a
particular
reason
,
”
said
Mrs
.
Westgate
,
“
for
wanting
to
know
.
”
Bessie
Alden
for
some
moments
said
nothing
;
she
only
looked
displeased
.
“
No
;
there
is
no
danger
,
”
she
answered
at
last
,
curtly
.
“
Then
I
should
like
to
frighten
them
,
”
declared
Mrs
.
Westgate
,
clasping
her
jeweled
hands
.
“
To
frighten
whom
?
”
“
All
these
people
;
Lord
Lambeth
’
s
family
and
friends
.
”
“
How
should
you
frighten
them
?
”
asked
the
young
girl
.
“
It
wouldn
’
t
be
I
—
it
would
be
you
.
It
would
frighten
them
to
think
that
you
should
absorb
his
lordship
’
s
young
affections
.
”
Bessie
Alden
,
with
her
clear
eyes
still
overshadowed
by
her
dark
brows
,
continued
to
interrogate
.
“
Why
should
that
frighten
them
?
”
Mrs
.
Westgate
poised
her
answer
with
a
smile
before
delivering
it
.
“
Because
they
think
you
are
not
good
enough
.
You
are
a
charming
girl
,
beautiful
and
amiable
,
intelligent
and
clever
,
and
as
bien
-
elevee
as
it
is
possible
to
be
;
but
you
are
not
a
fit
match
for
Lord
Lambeth
.
”
Bessie
Alden
was
decidedly
disgusted
.
“
Where
do
you
get
such
extraordinary
ideas
?
”
she
asked
.
“
You
have
said
some
such
strange
things
lately
.
My
dear
Kitty
,
where
do
you
collect
them
?
”
Kitty
was
evidently
enamored
of
her
idea
.
“
Yes
,
it
would
put
them
on
pins
and
needles
,
and
it
wouldn
’
t
hurt
you
.
Mr
.
Beaumont
is
already
most
uneasy
;
I
could
soon
see
that
.
”
The
young
girl
meditated
a
moment
.
“
Do
you
mean
that
they
spy
upon
him
—
that
they
interfere
with
him
?
”
“
I
don
’
t
know
what
power
they
have
to
interfere
,
but
I
know
that
a
British
mama
may
worry
her
son
’
s
life
out
.
”
It
has
been
intimated
that
,
as
regards
certain
disagreeable
things
,
Bessie
Alden
had
a
fund
of
skepticism
.
She
abstained
on
the
present
occasion
from
expressing
disbelief
,
for
she
wished
not
to
irritate
her
sister
.
But
she
said
to
herself
that
Kitty
had
been
misinformed
—
that
this
was
a
traveler
’
s
tale
.
Though
she
was
a
girl
of
a
lively
imagination
,
there
could
in
the
nature
of
things
be
,
to
her
sense
,
no
reality
in
the
idea
of
her
belonging
to
a
vulgar
category
.
What
she
said
aloud
was
,
“
I
must
say
that
in
that
case
I
am
very
sorry
for
Lord
Lambeth
.
”
Mrs
.
Westgate
,
more
and
more
exhilarated
by
her
scheme
,
was
smiling
at
her
again
.
“
If
I
could
only
believe
it
was
safe
!
”
she
exclaimed
.
“
When
you
begin
to
pity
him
,
I
,
on
my
side
,
am
afraid
.
”
“
Afraid
of
what
?
”
“
Of
your
pitying
him
too
much
.
”
Bessie
Alden
turned
away
impatiently
;
but
at
the
end
of
a
minute
she
turned
back
.
“
What
if
I
should
pity
him
too
much
?
”
she
asked
.
Mrs
.
Westgate
hereupon
turned
away
,
but
after
a
moment
’
s
reflection
she
also
faced
her
sister
again
.
“
It
would
come
,
after
all
,
to
the
same
thing
,
”
she
said
.
Lord
Lambeth
came
the
next
day
with
his
trap
,
and
the
two
ladies
,
attended
by
Willie
Woodley
,
placed
themselves
under
his
guidance
,
and
were
conveyed
eastward
,
through
some
of
the
duskier
portions
of
the
metropolis
,
to
the
great
turreted
donjon
which
overlooks
the
London
shipping
.
They
all
descended
from
their
vehicle
and
entered
the
famous
inclosure
;
and
they
secured
the
services
of
a
venerable
beefeater
,
who
,
though
there
were
many
other
claimants
for
legendary
information
,
made
a
fine
exclusive
party
of
them
and
marched
them
through
courts
and
corridors
,
through
armories
and
prisons
.
He
delivered
his
usual
peripatetic
discourse
,
and
they
stopped
and
stared
,
and
peeped
and
stooped
,
according
to
the
official
admonitions
.
Bessie
Alden
asked
the
old
man
in
the
crimson
doublet
a
great
many
questions
;
she
thought
it
a
most
fascinating
place
.
Lord
Lambeth
was
in
high
good
humor
;
he
was
constantly
laughing
;
he
enjoyed
what
he
would
have
called
the
lark
.
Willie
Woodley
kept
looking
at
the
ceilings
and
tapping
the
walls
with
the
knuckle
of
a
pearl
-
gray
glove
;
and
Mrs
.
Westgate
,
asking
at
frequent
intervals
to
be
allowed
to
sit
down
and
wait
till
they
came
back
,
was
as
frequently
informed
that
they
would
never
come
back
.
To
a
great
many
of
Bessie
’
s
questions
—
chiefly
on
collateral
points
of
English
history
—
the
ancient
warder
was
naturally
unable
to
reply
;
whereupon
she
always
appealed
to
Lord
Lambeth
.
But
his
lordship
was
very
ignorant
.
He
declared
that
he
knew
nothing
about
that
sort
of
thing
,
and
he
seemed
greatly
diverted
at
being
treated
as
an
authority
.
“
You
can
’
t
expect
everyone
to
know
as
much
as
you
,
”
he
said
.
“
I
should
expect
you
to
know
a
great
deal
more
,
”
declared
Bessie
Alden
.
“
Women
always
know
more
than
men
about
names
and
dates
and
that
sort
of
thing
,
”
Lord
Lambeth
rejoined
.
“
There
was
Lady
Jane
Grey
we
have
just
been
hearing
about
,
who
went
in
for
Latin
and
Greek
and
all
the
learning
of
her
age
.
”
“
you
have
no
right
to
be
ignorant
,
at
all
events
,
”
said
Bessie
.
“
Why
haven
’
t
I
as
good
a
right
as
anyone
else
?
”
“
Because
you
have
lived
in
the
midst
of
all
these
things
.
”
“
What
things
do
you
mean
?
Axes
,
and
blocks
,
and
thumbscrews
?
”
“
All
these
historical
things
.
You
belong
to
a
historical
family
.
”
“
Bessie
is
really
too
historical
,
”
said
Mrs
.
Westgate
,
catching
a
word
of
this
dialogue
.
“
Yes
,
you
are
too
historical
,
”
said
Lord
Lambeth
,
laughing
,
but
thankful
for
a
formula
.
“
Upon
my
honor
,
you
are
too
historical
!
”
He
went
with
the
ladies
a
couple
of
days
later
to
Hampton
Court
,
Willie
Woodley
being
also
of
the
party
.
The
afternoon
was
charming
,
the
famous
horse
chestnuts
were
in
blossom
,
and
Lord
Lambeth
,
who
quite
entered
into
the
spirit
of
the
cockney
excursionist
,
declared
that
it
was
a
jolly
old
place
.
Bessie
Alden
was
in
ecstasies
;
she
went
about
murmuring
and
exclaiming
.
“
It
’
s
too
lovely
,
”
said
the
young
girl
;
“
it
’
s
too
enchanting
;
it
’
s
too
exactly
what
it
ought
to
be
!
”
At
Hampton
Court
the
little
flocks
of
visitors
are
not
provided
with
an
official
bellwether
,
but
are
left
to
browse
at
discretion
upon
the
local
antiquities
.
It
happened
in
this
manner
that
,
in
default
of
another
informant
,
Bessie
Alden
,
who
on
doubtful
questions
was
able
to
suggest
a
great
many
alternatives
,
found
herself
again
applying
for
intellectual
assistance
to
Lord
Lambeth
.
But
he
again
assured
her
that
he
was
utterly
helpless
in
such
matters
—
that
his
education
had
been
sadly
neglected
.
“
And
I
am
sorry
it
makes
you
unhappy
,
”
he
added
in
a
moment
.
“
You
are
very
disappointing
,
Lord
Lambeth
,
”
she
said
.
“
Ah
,
now
don
’
t
say
that
,
”
he
cried
.
“
That
’
s
the
worst
thing
you
could
possibly
say
.
”
“
No
,
”
she
rejoined
,
“
it
is
not
so
bad
as
to
say
that
I
had
expected
nothing
of
you
.
”
“
I
don
’
t
know
.
Give
me
a
notion
of
the
sort
of
thing
you
expected
.
”
“
Well
,
”
said
Bessie
Alden
,
“
that
you
would
be
more
what
I
should
like
to
be
—
what
I
should
try
to
be
—
in
your
place
.
”
“
Ah
,
my
place
!
”
exclaimed
Lord
Lambeth
.
“
You
are
always
talking
about
my
place
!
”
The
young
girl
looked
at
him
;
he
thought
she
colored
a
little
;
and
for
a
moment
she
made
no
rejoinder
.
“
Does
it
strike
you
that
I
am
always
talking
about
your
place
?
”
she
asked
.
“
I
am
sure
you
do
it
a
great
honor
,
”
he
said
,
fearing
he
had
been
uncivil
.
“
I
have
often
thought
about
it
,
”
she
went
on
after
a
moment
.
“
I
have
often
thought
about
your
being
a
hereditary
legislator
.
A
hereditary
legislator
ought
to
know
a
great
many
things
.
”
“
Not
if
he
doesn
’
t
legislate
.
”
“
But
you
do
legislate
;
it
’
s
absurd
your
saying
you
don
’
t
.
You
are
very
much
looked
up
to
here
—
I
am
assured
of
that
.
”
“
I
don
’
t
know
that
I
ever
noticed
it
.
”
“
It
is
because
you
are
used
to
it
,
then
.
You
ought
to
fill
the
place
.
”
“
How
do
you
mean
to
fill
it
?
”
asked
Lord
Lambeth
.
“
You
ought
to
be
very
clever
and
brilliant
,
and
to
know
almost
everything
.
”
Lord
Lambeth
looked
at
her
a
moment
.
“
Shall
I
tell
you
something
?
”
he
asked
.
“
A
young
man
in
my
position
,
as
you
call
it
—
”
“
I
didn
’
t
invent
the
term
,
”
interposed
Bessie
Alden
.
“
I
have
seen
it
in
a
great
many
books
.
”
“
Hang
it
!
you
are
always
at
your
books
.
A
fellow
in
my
position
,
then
,
does
very
well
whatever
he
does
.
That
’
s
about
what
I
mean
to
say
.
”
“
Well
,
if
your
own
people
are
content
with
you
,
”
said
Bessie
Alden
,
laughing
,
“
it
is
not
for
me
to
complain
.
