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'If we had remembered that it was the 5th of November, we would not have stayed out so late. The next moment he drew up the horses, exclaiming, 'Mr. Hope, will you have a lift? Mr. Hope, rather to the ladies' surprise, took the vacant place beside Sophy, instead of climbing up to the box.
By and by, two young ladies came in, Miss Bremen's neighbors, it seemed, fresh from a long walk on the campagna, fresh and weary at the same time.
Still, ladies, still! It is a gem, and 'Full many a gem, as the poet says, has been allowed to go at a nominal price because the public knew no better, because it was offered in circles where there was I was going to say a low feeling, but no!
Only such work as washing and scrubbing was done by negro servants, all the other was done by the ladies themselves. Too much praise cannot be given to Colonel McMaster for his indefatigable exertions, his tireless rounds of duty, to make the soldiers comfortable. The ladies were never too tired, night nor day, to go to the aid of the hungry and broken down soldiers.
Every one laughed, and the king continued: "Yes, you are right to laugh; I have in France more than ten thousand monks, of whom I can make, if necessary, ten thousand musketeers; then I will create a Grand-Master of the Tonsured Musketeers, and give the place to you, cardinal." "Sire, I accept." The ladies now, according to etiquette, rose, and, bowing to the king, retired.
In Congress they sat and loafed with the soles of their boots turned up for the inspection of the ladies in the galleries. Their language and gestures as they expectorated hither and thither were often as coarse as their positions, while they ranted about the "laws and Constitution," and cracked their slave-whips over the heads of the dough-faces sent from the Northern States.
Everywhere are little hiding-places, little nooks, little closets concealed in the most ingenious and unexpected manner under the immaculate uniformity of the white paper panels. I can not help smiling when I think of some of the so-called "Japanese" drawing-rooms of our Parisian fine ladies, overcrowded with knickknacks and curios and hung with coarse gold embroideries on exported satins.
I do not think our opera could have boasted a finer display of Diamonds than I saw that Evening in the Ladies' heads, but, be it remembered, that there are 7,000 Jews in Leghorn, not one of whom is poor; some are reported to be worth a million. Many of the Italians are also very rich.
My advice to you is to give him a wide berth, but if you do hear anything about him Mrs Longstaffe and I would be very glad if you'd let us know." "Sure." "That was all I wanted to say to you. Now I daresay you'd like to join the ladies."
He began, however, already to perceive the mystification which in this case was to be his happy effect. "Mr. Vanderbank," his victim remarked with perhaps a shade more of reserve, "has told me a good deal about you." Then as if, in a finer manner, to keep the talk off themselves: "He knows a great many ladies." "Oh yes, poor chap, he can't help it. He finds a lady wherever he turns."
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