An American girl in London . wondered more than ever what was coming. I see—I see. You make little expeditions to various pointsof interest—the Zoological Gardens, the Crystal Palace, and soforth. It began to be like the dialogues in the old-fashioned read-ing-books, carefully marked Q. and A. 1 Yes, I said, I do. I havent seen the Zoo yet, but Ive seen Mrs. Por ; there I stopped, knowing that Mr. Pink could not be expected to perceive the sequence of my ideas. But he seemed to conclude that he had ascertained as muchas was necessary. I think, Miss Wick, he said, { we mustcome to the point at
An American girl in London . wondered more than ever what was coming. I see—I see. You make little expeditions to various pointsof interest—the Zoological Gardens, the Crystal Palace, and soforth. It began to be like the dialogues in the old-fashioned read-ing-books, carefully marked Q. and A. 1 Yes, I said, I do. I havent seen the Zoo yet, but Ive seen Mrs. Por ; there I stopped, knowing that Mr. Pink could not be expected to perceive the sequence of my ideas. But he seemed to conclude that he had ascertained as muchas was necessary. I think, Miss Wick, he said, { we mustcome to the point at once. You have not been in Englandlong, and you may or may not be aware of the extreme diffi-culty which attaches—er—to obtaining—that is to say, whichAmer—foreigners find in obtaining anything like a con-ect ideaof—of social institutions here. To a person, I may say, with-out excellent introductions, it is, generally speaking, impos-sible. 1 said I had heard of this difficulty. AS AMERICAS GIRL IS LOS DON 207. IT BEGAa TO BE LIKE THE DIALOGUES IN THE OLD-FASHIONED BEADING BOOKS 208 AN AMERICAN GIRL IN LONDON I do Dot know whether you, personally, have any curiosityupon this point, but I hastened to say that I had a great deal. But I should say that it was probable. There are fewpersons of your intelligence, Miss Wick, I venture to hazard, bywhom a knowledge of English society, gained upon what mightbe termed a footing of intimacy, would fail to be appreciated. I bowed. It was flattering to be thought intelligent by The question now resolves itself, to come, as I have said,straight to the point, Miss Wick, into whether you would orwould not care to take steps to secure it. That would depend, I should think, upon the nature of thesteps, Mr. Pink. I may as well ask you immediately whetherthey have anything to do with Miss Purkiss. Nothing whatever—nothing whatever ! Mr. Pink hastenedto assure me. I do not know the lady. The steps whichhave recommended the
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