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But
I
shall
always
think
that
,
properly
,
you
should
have
been
a
great
mind
—
a
great
character
.
”
“
Ah
,
that
’
s
very
theoretic
,
”
Lord
Lambeth
declared
.
“
Depend
upon
it
,
that
’
s
a
Yankee
prejudice
.
”
“
Happy
the
country
,
”
said
Bessie
Alden
,
“
where
even
people
’
s
prejudices
are
so
elevated
!
”
“
Well
,
after
all
,
”
observed
Lord
Lambeth
,
“
I
don
’
t
know
that
I
am
such
a
fool
as
you
are
trying
to
make
me
out
.
”
“
I
said
nothing
so
rude
as
that
;
but
I
must
repeat
that
you
are
disappointing
.
”
“
My
dear
Miss
Alden
,
”
exclaimed
the
young
man
,
“
I
am
the
best
fellow
in
the
world
!
”
“
Ah
,
if
it
were
not
for
that
!
”
said
Bessie
Alden
with
a
smile
.
Mrs
.
Westgate
had
a
good
many
more
friends
in
London
than
she
pretended
,
and
before
long
she
had
renewed
acquaintance
with
most
of
them
.
Their
hospitality
was
extreme
,
so
that
,
one
thing
leading
to
another
,
she
began
,
as
the
phrase
is
,
to
go
out
.
Bessie
Alden
,
in
this
way
,
saw
something
of
what
she
found
it
a
great
satisfaction
to
call
to
herself
English
society
.
She
went
to
balls
and
danced
,
she
went
to
dinners
and
talked
,
she
went
to
concerts
and
listened
(
at
concerts
Bessie
always
listened
)
,
she
went
to
exhibitions
and
wondered
.
Her
enjoyment
was
keen
and
her
curiosity
insatiable
,
and
,
grateful
in
general
for
all
her
opportunities
,
she
especially
prized
the
privilege
of
meeting
certain
celebrated
persons
—
authors
and
artists
,
philosophers
and
statesmen
—
of
whose
renown
she
had
been
a
humble
and
distant
beholder
,
and
who
now
,
as
a
part
of
the
habitual
furniture
of
London
drawing
rooms
,
struck
her
as
stars
fallen
from
the
firmament
and
become
palpable
—
revealing
also
sometimes
,
on
contact
,
qualities
not
to
have
been
predicted
of
sidereal
bodies
.
Bessie
,
who
knew
so
many
of
her
contemporaries
by
reputation
,
had
a
good
many
personal
disappointments
;
but
,
on
the
other
hand
,
she
had
innumerable
satisfactions
and
enthusiasms
,
and
she
communicated
the
emotions
of
either
class
to
a
dear
friend
,
of
her
own
sex
,
in
Boston
,
with
whom
she
was
in
voluminous
correspondence
.
Some
of
her
reflections
,
indeed
,
she
attempted
to
impart
to
Lord
Lambeth
,
who
came
almost
every
day
to
Jones
’
s
Hotel
,
and
whom
Mrs
.
Westgate
admitted
to
be
really
devoted
.
Captain
Littledale
,
it
appeared
,
had
gone
to
India
;
and
of
several
others
of
Mrs
.
Westgate
’
s
ex
-
pensioners
—
gentlemen
who
,
as
she
said
,
had
made
,
in
New
York
,
a
clubhouse
of
her
drawing
room
—
no
tidings
were
to
be
obtained
;
but
Lord
Lambeth
was
certainly
attentive
enough
to
make
up
for
the
accidental
absences
,
the
short
memories
,
all
the
other
irregularities
of
everyone
else
.
He
drove
them
in
the
park
,
he
took
them
to
visit
private
collections
of
pictures
,
and
,
having
a
house
of
his
own
,
invited
them
to
dinner
.
Mrs
.
Westgate
,
following
the
fashion
of
many
of
her
compatriots
,
caused
herself
and
her
sister
to
be
presented
at
the
English
court
by
her
diplomatic
representative
—
for
it
was
in
this
manner
that
she
alluded
to
the
American
minister
to
England
,
inquiring
what
on
earth
he
was
put
there
for
,
if
not
to
make
the
proper
arrangements
for
one
’
s
going
to
a
Drawing
Room
.
Lord
Lambeth
declared
that
he
hated
Drawing
Rooms
,
but
he
participated
in
the
ceremony
on
the
day
on
which
the
two
ladies
at
Jones
’
s
Hotel
repaired
to
Buckingham
Palace
in
a
remarkable
coach
which
his
lordship
had
sent
to
fetch
them
.
He
had
on
a
gorgeous
uniform
,
and
Bessie
Alden
was
particularly
struck
with
his
appearance
—
especially
when
on
her
asking
him
,
rather
foolishly
as
she
felt
,
if
he
were
a
loyal
subject
,
he
replied
that
he
was
a
loyal
subject
to
her
.
This
declaration
was
emphasized
by
his
dancing
with
her
at
a
royal
ball
to
which
the
two
ladies
afterward
went
,
and
was
not
impaired
by
the
fact
that
she
thought
he
danced
very
ill
.
He
seemed
to
her
wonderfully
kind
;
she
asked
herself
,
with
growing
vivacity
,
why
he
should
be
so
kind
.
It
was
his
disposition
—
that
seemed
the
natural
answer
.
She
had
told
her
sister
that
she
liked
him
very
much
,
and
now
that
she
liked
him
more
she
wondered
why
.
She
liked
him
for
his
disposition
;
to
this
question
as
well
that
seemed
the
natural
answer
.
When
once
the
impressions
of
London
life
began
to
crowd
thickly
upon
her
,
she
completely
forgot
her
sister
’
s
warning
about
the
cynicism
of
public
opinion
.
It
had
given
her
great
pain
at
the
moment
,
but
there
was
no
particular
reason
why
she
should
remember
it
;
it
corresponded
too
little
with
any
sensible
reality
;
and
it
was
disagreeable
to
Bessie
to
remember
disagreeable
things
.
So
she
was
not
haunted
with
the
sense
of
a
vulgar
imputation
.
She
was
not
in
love
with
Lord
Lambeth
—
she
assured
herself
of
that
.
It
will
immediately
be
observed
that
when
such
assurances
become
necessary
the
state
of
a
young
lady
’
s
affections
is
already
ambiguous
;
and
,
indeed
,
Bessie
Alden
made
no
attempt
to
dissimulate
—
to
herself
,
of
course
—
a
certain
tenderness
that
she
felt
for
the
young
nobleman
.
She
said
to
herself
that
she
liked
the
type
to
which
he
belonged
—
the
simple
,
candid
,
manly
,
healthy
English
temperament
.
She
spoke
to
herself
of
him
as
women
speak
of
young
men
they
like
—
alluded
to
his
bravery
(
which
she
had
never
in
the
least
seen
tested
)
,
to
his
honesty
and
gentlemanliness
,
and
was
not
silent
upon
the
subject
of
his
good
looks
.
She
was
perfectly
conscious
,
moreover
,
that
she
liked
to
think
of
his
more
adventitious
merits
;
that
her
imagination
was
excited
and
gratified
by
the
sight
of
a
handsome
young
man
endowed
with
such
large
opportunities
—
opportunities
she
hardly
knew
for
what
,
but
,
as
she
supposed
,
for
doing
great
things
—
for
setting
an
example
,
for
exerting
an
influence
,
for
conferring
happiness
,
for
encouraging
the
arts
.
She
had
a
kind
of
ideal
of
conduct
for
a
young
man
who
should
find
himself
in
this
magnificent
position
,
and
she
tried
to
adapt
it
to
Lord
Lambeth
’
s
deportment
as
you
might
attempt
to
fit
a
silhouette
in
cut
paper
upon
a
shadow
projected
upon
a
wall
.
But
Bessie
Alden
’
s
silhouette
refused
to
coincide
with
his
lordship
’
s
image
,
and
this
want
of
harmony
sometimes
vexed
her
more
than
she
thought
reasonable
.
When
he
was
absent
it
was
,
of
course
,
less
striking
;
then
he
seemed
to
her
a
sufficiently
graceful
combination
of
high
responsibilities
and
amiable
qualities
.
But
when
he
sat
there
within
sight
,
laughing
and
talking
with
his
customary
good
humor
and
simplicity
,
she
measured
it
more
accurately
,
and
she
felt
acutely
that
if
Lord
Lambeth
’
s
position
was
heroic
,
there
was
but
little
of
the
hero
in
the
young
man
himself
.
Then
her
imagination
wandered
away
from
him
—
very
far
away
;
for
it
was
an
incontestable
fact
that
at
such
moments
he
seemed
distinctly
dull
.
I
am
afraid
that
while
Bessie
’
s
imagination
was
thus
invidiously
roaming
,
she
cannot
have
been
herself
a
very
lively
companion
;
but
it
may
well
have
been
that
these
occasional
fits
of
indifference
seemed
to
Lord
Lambeth
a
part
of
the
young
girl
’
s
personal
charm
.
It
had
been
a
part
of
this
charm
from
the
first
that
he
felt
that
she
judged
him
and
measured
him
more
freely
and
irresponsibly
—
more
at
her
ease
and
her
leisure
,
as
it
were
—
than
several
young
ladies
with
whom
he
had
been
on
the
whole
about
as
intimate
.
To
feel
this
,
and
yet
to
feel
that
she
also
liked
him
,
was
very
agreeable
to
Lord
Lambeth
.
He
fancied
he
had
compassed
that
gratification
so
desirable
to
young
men
of
title
and
fortune
—
being
liked
for
himself
.
It
is
true
that
a
cynical
counselor
might
have
whispered
to
him
,
“
Liked
for
yourself
?
Yes
;
but
not
so
very
much
!
”
He
had
,
at
any
rate
,
the
constant
hope
of
being
liked
more
.
It
may
seem
,
perhaps
,
a
trifle
singular
—
but
it
is
nevertheless
true
—
that
Bessie
Alden
,
when
he
struck
her
as
dull
,
devoted
some
time
,
on
grounds
of
conscience
,
to
trying
to
like
him
more
.
I
say
on
grounds
of
conscience
because
she
felt
that
he
had
been
extremely
“
nice
”
to
her
sister
,
and
because
she
reflected
that
it
was
no
more
than
fair
that
she
should
think
as
well
of
him
as
he
thought
of
her
.
This
effort
was
possibly
sometimes
not
so
successful
as
it
might
have
been
,
for
the
result
of
it
was
occasionally
a
vague
irritation
,
which
expressed
itself
in
hostile
criticism
of
several
British
institutions
.
Bessie
Alden
went
to
some
entertainments
at
which
she
met
Lord
Lambeth
;
but
she
went
to
others
at
which
his
lordship
was
neither
actually
nor
potentially
present
;
and
it
was
chiefly
on
these
latter
occasions
that
she
encountered
those
literary
and
artistic
celebrities
of
whom
mention
has
been
made
.
After
a
while
she
reduced
the
matter
to
a
principle
.
If
Lord
Lambeth
should
appear
anywhere
,
it
was
a
symbol
that
there
would
be
no
poets
and
philosophers
;
and
in
consequence
—
for
it
was
almost
a
strict
consequence
—
she
used
to
enumerate
to
the
young
man
these
objects
of
her
admiration
.
“
You
seem
to
be
awfully
fond
of
those
sort
of
people
,
”
said
Lord
Lambeth
one
day
,
as
if
the
idea
had
just
occurred
to
him
.
“
They
are
the
people
in
England
I
am
most
curious
to
see
,
”
Bessie
Alden
replied
.
“
I
suppose
that
’
s
because
you
have
read
so
much
,
”
said
Lord
Lambeth
gallantly
.
“
I
have
not
read
so
much
.
It
is
because
we
think
so
much
of
them
at
home
.
”
“
Oh
,
I
see
,
”
observed
the
young
nobleman
.
“
In
Boston
.
”
“
Not
only
in
Boston
;
everywhere
,
”
said
Bessie
.
“
We
hold
them
in
great
honor
;
they
go
to
the
best
dinner
parties
.
”
“
I
daresay
you
are
right
.
I
can
’
t
say
I
know
many
of
them
.
”
“
It
’
s
a
pity
you
don
’
t
,
”
Bessie
Alden
declared
.
“
It
would
do
you
good
.
”
“
I
daresay
it
would
,
”
said
Lord
Lambeth
very
humbly
.
“
But
I
must
say
I
don
’
t
like
the
looks
of
some
of
them
.
”
“
Neither
do
I
—
of
some
of
them
.
But
there
are
all
kinds
,
and
many
of
them
are
charming
.
”
“
I
have
talked
with
two
or
three
of
them
,
”
the
young
man
went
on
,
“
and
I
thought
they
had
a
kind
of
fawning
manner
.
”
“
Why
should
they
fawn
?
”
Bessie
Alden
demanded
.
“
I
’
m
sure
I
don
’
t
know
.
Why
,
indeed
?
”
“
Perhaps
you
only
thought
so
,
”
said
Bessie
.
“
Well
,
of
course
,
”
rejoined
her
companion
,
“
that
’
s
a
kind
of
thing
that
can
’
t
be
proved
.
”
“
In
America
they
don
’
t
fawn
,
”
said
Bessie
.
“
Ah
,
well
,
then
,
they
must
be
better
company
.
”
Bessie
was
silent
a
moment
.
“
That
is
one
of
the
things
I
don
’
t
like
about
England
,
”
she
said
;
“
your
keeping
the
distinguished
people
apart
.
”
“
How
do
you
mean
apart
?
”
“
Why
,
letting
them
come
only
to
certain
places
.
You
never
see
them
.
”
Lord
Lambeth
looked
at
her
a
moment
.
“
What
people
do
you
mean
?
”
“
The
eminent
people
—
the
authors
and
artists
—
the
clever
people
.
”
“
Oh
,
there
are
other
eminent
people
besides
those
,
”
said
Lord
Lambeth
.
“
Well
,
you
certainly
keep
them
apart
,
”
repeated
the
young
girl
.
“
And
there
are
other
clever
people
,
”
added
Lord
Lambeth
simply
.
Bessie
Alden
looked
at
him
,
and
she
gave
a
light
laugh
.
“
Not
many
,
”
she
said
.
On
another
occasion
—
just
after
a
dinner
party
—
she
told
him
that
there
was
something
else
in
England
she
did
not
like
.
“
Oh
,
I
say
!
”
he
cried
,
“
haven
’
t
you
abused
us
enough
?
”
“
I
have
never
abused
you
at
all
,
”
said
Bessie
;
“
but
I
don
’
t
like
your
precedence
.
”
“
It
isn
’
t
my
precedence
!
”
Lord
Lambeth
declared
,
laughing
.
“
Yes
,
it
is
yours
—
just
exactly
yours
;
and
I
think
it
’
s
odious
,
”
said
Bessie
.
“
I
never
saw
such
a
young
lady
for
discussing
things
!
Has
someone
had
the
impudence
to
go
before
you
?
”
asked
his
lordship
.
“
It
is
not
the
going
before
me
that
I
object
to
,
”
said
Bessie
;
“
it
is
their
thinking
that
they
have
a
right
to
do
it
—
a
right
that
I
recognize
.
”
“
I
never
saw
such
a
young
lady
as
you
are
for
not
‘
recognizing
.
’
I
have
no
doubt
the
thing
is
beastly
,
but
it
saves
a
lot
of
trouble
.
”
“
It
makes
a
lot
of
trouble
.
It
’
s
horrid
,
”
said
Bessie
.
“
But
how
would
you
have
the
first
people
go
?
”
asked
Lord
Lambeth
.
“
They
can
’
t
go
last
.
”
“
Whom
do
you
mean
by
the
first
people
?
”
“
Ah
,
if
you
mean
to
question
first
principles
!
”
said
Lord
Lambeth
.
“
If
those
are
your
first
principles
,
no
wonder
some
of
your
arrangements
are
horrid
,
”
observed
Bessie
Alden
with
a
very
pretty
ferocity
.
“
I
am
a
young
girl
,
so
of
course
I
go
last
;
but
imagine
what
Kitty
must
feel
on
being
informed
that
she
is
not
at
liberty
to
budge
until
certain
other
ladies
have
passed
out
.
”
“
Oh
,
I
say
,
she
is
not
‘
informed
!
’
”
cried
Lord
Lambeth
.
“
No
one
would
do
such
a
thing
as
that
.
”
“
She
is
made
to
feel
it
,
”
the
young
girl
insisted
—
“
as
if
they
were
afraid
she
would
make
a
rush
for
the
door
.
No
;
you
have
a
lovely
country
,
”
said
Bessie
Alden
,
“
but
your
precedence
is
horrid
.
”
“
I
certainly
shouldn
’
t
think
your
sister
would
like
it
,
”
rejoined
Lord
Lambeth
with
even
exaggerated
gravity
.
But
Bessie
Alden
could
induce
him
to
enter
no
formal
protest
against
this
repulsive
custom
,
which
he
seemed
to
think
an
extreme
convenience
.
Percy
Beaumont
all
this
time
had
been
a
very
much
less
frequent
visitor
at
Jones
’
s
Hotel
than
his
noble
kinsman
;
he
had
,
in
fact
,
called
but
twice
upon
the
two
American
ladies
.
Lord
Lambeth
,
who
often
saw
him
,
reproached
him
with
his
neglect
and
declared
that
,
although
Mrs
.
Westgate
had
said
nothing
about
it
,
he
was
sure
that
she
was
secretly
wounded
by
it
.
“
She
suffers
too
much
to
speak
,
”
said
Lord
Lambeth
.
“
That
’
s
all
gammon
,
”
said
Percy
Beaumont
;
“
there
’
s
a
limit
to
what
people
can
suffer
!
”
And
,
though
sending
no
apologies
to
Jones
’
s
Hotel
,
he
undertook
in
a
manner
to
explain
his
absence
.
“
You
are
always
there
,
”
he
said
,
“
and
that
’
s
reason
enough
for
my
not
going
.
”
“
I
don
’
t
see
why
.
There
is
enough
for
both
of
us
.
”
“
I
don
’
t
care
to
be
a
witness
of
your
—
your
reckless
passion
,
”
said
Percy
Beaumont
.
Lord
Lambeth
looked
at
him
with
a
cold
eye
and
for
a
moment
said
nothing
.
“
It
’
s
not
so
obvious
as
you
might
suppose
,
”
he
rejoined
dryly
,
“
considering
what
a
demonstrative
beggar
I
am
.
”
“
I
don
’
t
want
to
know
anything
about
it
—
nothing
whatever
,
”
said
Beaumont
.
“
Your
mother
asks
me
everytime
she
sees
me
whether
I
believe
you
are
really
lost
—
and
Lady
Pimlico
does
the
same
.
I
prefer
to
be
able
to
answer
that
I
know
nothing
about
it
—
that
I
never
go
there
.
I
stay
away
for
consistency
’
s
sake
.
As
I
said
the
other
day
,
they
must
look
after
you
themselves
.
”
“
You
are
devilish
considerate
,
”
said
Lord
Lambeth
.
“
They
never
question
me
.
”
“
They
are
afraid
of
you
.
They
are
afraid
of
irritating
you
and
making
you
worse
.
So
they
go
to
work
very
cautiously
,
and
,
somewhere
or
other
,
they
get
their
information
.
They
know
a
great
deal
about
you
.
They
know
that
you
have
been
with
those
ladies
to
the
dome
of
St
.
Paul
’
s
and
—
where
was
the
other
place
?
—
to
the
Thames
Tunnel
.
”
“
If
all
their
knowledge
is
as
accurate
as
that
,
it
must
be
very
valuable
,
”
said
Lord
Lambeth
.
“
Well
,
at
any
rate
,
they
know
that
you
have
been
visiting
the
‘
sights
of
the
metropolis
.
’
They
think
—
very
naturally
,
as
it
seems
to
me
—
that
when
you
take
to
visiting
the
sights
of
the
metropolis
with
a
little
American
girl
,
there
is
serious
cause
for
alarm
.
