An American girl in London . h, of course, it is mycustom You will receive references, I interrupted, ( as soon as yourequire them. Good afternoon ! We were standing in thehall, and Miss Hippy, from force of circumstances, was obligedto unfasten the door; but I did not hear from her, as I passedout iuto the street, any responsive Good afternoon ! My third experience was quite antipodal to Miss parlour was Japanesy, too, in places, but it was mostlychipped ; and it had a great many rather soiled fat cushions init, quite a perceptible odour of beer and tobacco, and a pair ofgentlemans
An American girl in London . h, of course, it is mycustom You will receive references, I interrupted, ( as soon as yourequire them. Good afternoon ! We were standing in thehall, and Miss Hippy, from force of circumstances, was obligedto unfasten the door; but I did not hear from her, as I passedout iuto the street, any responsive Good afternoon ! My third experience was quite antipodal to Miss parlour was Japanesy, too, in places, but it was mostlychipped ; and it had a great many rather soiled fat cushions init, quite a perceptible odour of beer and tobacco, and a pair ofgentlemans worked slippers under the sofa. The atmospherewas relaxing after Miss Hippy, and suggested liberality of allsorts; but the slippers, to say nothing of the odours, whichmight have floated in from other regions, made it impossible. Iwaited for the lady of the house a conscious 56 AN AMERICAN GIRL IN LONDON She came in at last voluminously, rather out of breath, butwith great warmth of manner. Do sit down! she * I WAITED FOE THE LADY OF THE HOUSE A CONSCIOUS HYPOCRITE Now, it does seem Ftrarge ! Only las night, at the table, wewere savin how much we wanted one more lady boarder! Von AN AMERICAN GIRL IN LONDON 57 see, Ive got four young gentlemen in the City here, and of usladies theres just four, so we sometimes get up a little danceamongst ourselves in the evenins. It amuses the young people,find much better wear out carpets than pay doctors bills, say , I generally play, an that leaves only three ladies for thefour gentlemen, you see! Now, isnt it a curious coincidence,she said, leaning forward with a broad and confident smile,• that you should have come in to-day, j ust after we were sayinhow nice it would be if there were enough to get up theLancers! I bowed my acknowledgments. 1 You want a room for yourself, I suppose, my hostess wenton, cheerfully. My top flat, Im sorry to say, is every bittaken. There isnt an inch of room up there; but Ive got abea
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