An American girl in London . portraits of very straight-backed dead-and-goneladies Stacy in the drawing-room, and I told all I knew aboutthe Apache Indians and Niagara Falls. I think I also set theminds of the Stacy family at rest about the curious idea that?we want to annex Canada—they had some distant relationsthere, I believe, whom they did not want to see annexed—although it appeared that the relations had been heterodox onthe subject, and had said they wouldnt particularly mind! Isuggested that they were probably stock-raising in the North-west out there, and found our tariff inconvenient
An American girl in London . portraits of very straight-backed dead-and-goneladies Stacy in the drawing-room, and I told all I knew aboutthe Apache Indians and Niagara Falls. I think I also set theminds of the Stacy family at rest about the curious idea that?we want to annex Canada—they had some distant relationsthere, I believe, whom they did not want to see annexed—although it appeared that the relations had been heterodox onthe subject, and had said they wouldnt particularly mind! Isuggested that they were probably stock-raising in the North-west out there, and found our tariff inconvenient; and theStacys said Yes, they were. I continued that the union theywould like to see was doubtless commercial, and not political; 282 AN AMERICAN GIRL IN LONDON and the Stacys, when they thought of this, became more on, the Squire handed me a silver candlestick at the foot,of the stairs with the courtliness of three generations past; andas I went to bed by candle-light for the first time in my life, I. MISS DOROTHY EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS A CURTSEY. wondered whether I would not suddenly arrive, like this, at theend of a chapter, and find that I had just been reading one ofRhoda Bronghtons novels. But in the morning it came in atthe window with the scent of the lilacs, and I undoubtedly heardit ao-ain—• Cnckoo! . . Cuckoo!5 AN AMERICAN GIRL IN LONDON XXVII TTAVENT you some letters, child, to your Ambassador, orJ--L whatever he is, here in London ? asked Lady Torquilinone morning. Why, yes, I said, I have. Id forgotten about is quite an old friend of poppas—in a political way ; butpoppa advised me not to bother him so long as I wasnt in anydifficulty—he must have such lots of Americans coming overhere for the summer and fussing round every year, you I havent been. 1 Well, you must now, declared Lady Torquilin, c for I wantyou to go to Court with me a fortnight from to-day. Its fiveyears since Ive gone, and quite time I should put
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