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'Undoubtedly,' said Mr Glascock, 'the family of a minister abroad has
great advantages in seeing the country to which he is accredited.'
'That is my meaning, sir. But, as I was remarking, we carry with us as
a people no external symbols of our standing at home. The wives and
daughters, sir, of the most honoured of our citizens have no
nomenclature different than that which belongs to the least noted among
us. It is perhaps a consequence of this that Europeans who are
accustomed in their social intercourse to the assistance of titles,
will not always trouble themselves to inquire who and what are the
American citizens who may sit opposite to them at table. I have known,
Mr Glascock, the wife and daughter of a gentleman who has been thrice
sent as senator from his native State to Washington, to remain as
disregarded in the intercourse of a European city, as though they had
formed part of the family of some grocer from your Russell Square!'
'Let the Miss Spaldings go where they will,' said Mr Glascock, 'they
will not fare in that way.


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