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The Miss Spaldings took their coffee almost with as much grace as
though it had been handed to them by Frenchmen. And indeed they were
very gracious, as is the nature of American ladies in spite of that
hardness of which Trevelyan had complained. They assume an intimacy
readily, with no appearance of impropriety, and are at their ease
easily. When, therefore, they were handed out of their carriage by Mr
Glascock, the bystanders at Lanslebourg might have thought that the
whole party had been travelling together from New York. 'What should
we have done if you hadn't taken pity on us?' said the elder lady. 'I
don't think we could have climbed up into that high place; and look at
the crowd that have come out of the interior. A man has some advantages
after all.'
'I am quite in the dark as to what they are,' said Mr Glascock.
'He can give up his place to a lady, and can climb up into a
banquette.'
'And he can be a member of Congress,''said the younger. 'I'd sooner be
senator from Massachusetts than be the Queen of England.


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