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They were going to lay violent hands on him when his wife, an English lady, hearing the loud discussion, came bravely forward and assured them that no arms were concealed. "Vous etes anglaise, nous vous croyons; les anglaises disent toujours la verite," was the immediate answer, and the rioters quietly left.
'Well, to be brief, my wife "noble dame Anglaise," as the man announced her on the Concert platform, undertook one of the songs, and sang another of her own-pure contralto voice, as you will say; with the result that there was a perfect tumult of enthusiasm. Next day, the waiters of the hotel presented her with a bouquet of Spring flowers, white, and central violets.
Gray, Presbyterian minister in Pretoria, which says: 'A few days ago I received an extract from your issue of November 17 last entitled "La Civilisation Anglaise en Afrique."
She is too English far too English for one who has known the charms of French ease, vivacity, and sentiment; for one who has seen the bewitching Gabrielle's infinite variety. Leonora has just the figure and face that you would picture to yourself for une belle Anglaise; and if our Milton comes into your memory, you might repeat, for the quotation is not too trite for a foreigner,
Changez vos dames, change partners. Contre partie pour les autres, the other dancers do the same figure. Demi promenade, half promenade. Demi chaine Anglaise, half right and left. Demi moulinet, ladies all advance to centre, right hands across, and back to places. Demi tour
And Cinders, quite unconcerned, obeyed his mistress's behest and lifted a rigid paw to his head. A murmur of appreciation ran through the ranks. The grins widened. One boy, with bold admiration for the petite Anglaise in his black eyes, raised his hand abruptly and saluted in return. Every man who followed did likewise, and Chris was enchanted.
Lord Derwentwater is said by some to have founded the "Loge Anglaise" in Paris in 1725; the Duke of Richmond one in his own castle of Aubigny shortly after. It was through Hanoverian influence that the movement seems to have spread into Germany. In 1733, for instance, the English Grand Master, Lord Strathmore, permitted eleven German gentlemen and good brethren to form a lodge in Hamburg.
Certainement, Monsieur Temple, returned the French man, he deed convairse in de excellent Anglaise. The boy is no miracle, exclaimed Richard; Ive known children that were sent to school early, talk much better before they were twelve years old.
There had been enough to do before, with the house full of ces messieurs, les commis voyageurs, but it was comparatively simple to do for them. For la noblesse Anglaise it was different. There were no men to be seen, and the three or four women of the household were scuttling about crazily in the kitchen, like hens with their heads cut off.
What's-his-name, your friend's old school-master, the Republican poet, calls it 'the cynosure of neighbouring eyes. Don't think me vain, ma mie. I am an old woman now, and I hate my looking-glass ever since it has shown me my first wrinkle; but in those days I had almost as many admirers as Madame Henriette, or the Princess Palatine, or the fair-haired Duchess. I was called la belle Anglaise."
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