An American girl in London . pavement, and were stand-inc in everybodys way, with the painful indetermination thatattacks people who are not quite sure whether they ought toseparate or not. Ansom cab, sir ? asked one of the ! said Mr. Mafferton. I was on the very point, hewent on to me, dodging a boy with a bandbox, of going to offermy services as cicerone this afternoon, if you and Lady Torquilinwould be good enough to accept them. 1 Ansom cab, sir ? asked another porter, as Mr. Mafferton,getting out of the way of a resplendent footman, upset a smallchild with a topheavy bonnet, bel
An American girl in London . pavement, and were stand-inc in everybodys way, with the painful indetermination thatattacks people who are not quite sure whether they ought toseparate or not. Ansom cab, sir ? asked one of the ! said Mr. Mafferton. I was on the very point, hewent on to me, dodging a boy with a bandbox, of going to offermy services as cicerone this afternoon, if you and Lady Torquilinwould be good enough to accept them. 1 Ansom cab, sir ? asked another porter, as Mr. Mafferton,getting out of the way of a resplendent footman, upset a smallchild with a topheavy bonnet, belonging Lo the lady who AN AMERICAN GIRL IN LONDON 99 belonged to the footman. No ! said Mr. Mafferton, in quitea temper. Shall we get out of this? he asked me, appeal-ingly; and we walked on in thedirection of theHouses of Parlia-ment. Theres no-thing ou in par-ticular, that I knowof, he continued; but there arealways the stockshows, and LadyTorquilin is up toany amount ofsight-seeing, Iknow. 1 She isnt to-day, Mr. Mafferton. v^ UPSET A CHILD WITH A TOPHEAVY BONNET Shes lying down. I did my best topersuade her to come out with me, and she wouldnt. But Imgoing sight-seeing this very minute, and if you would like tocome too. Im sure I shall be very glad. Mr. Mafferton looked a little uncomfortable. Where wereyou thinking of going ? he asked. To Madame Tussauds, I said. You go by the Under-ground Railway from here. Get in at St. Jamess Park out at Baker Street Station—about twenty-five minutes inthe cars. And you are not, I said, remembering what I hadbeen told, under any consideration whatever, to get in or outof the train while it is moving. too AN AMERICAN GIRL IN LONDON Mr. Mafferton laughed. Lady Torqui]in has been coachingyou, he said; but he still looked uncomfortable, and thinkinglie felt, perhaps, like an intruder upon my plans, and wishing toput him at his ease, I said: It would really be very kind ofyou to come, Mr. Mafferton, for even at school I never co
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