Three Vassar girls in Switzerland . ut Glion was not a desolate wilderness, and Lucerne does not seem to be deserted. True, the hotel is crowded,but what objectionable people! There is one comfort, Mar-garet remarked as she surveyedthe table d^hote, Calumet andHecla are not here. I have found some one verysimilar, Lajos replied. .». AnAmerican who . monopolizes thenewspapers in the reading-room,actually sitting on those whichhe is not reading, but makingup for it by obligingly givingquotations from the stock mar-ket, and shouting at intervals: Bell Telephone, firm andsteady ! Pullman Car, acti
Three Vassar girls in Switzerland . ut Glion was not a desolate wilderness, and Lucerne does not seem to be deserted. True, the hotel is crowded,but what objectionable people! There is one comfort, Mar-garet remarked as she surveyedthe table d^hote, Calumet andHecla are not here. I have found some one verysimilar, Lajos replied. .». AnAmerican who . monopolizes thenewspapers in the reading-room,actually sitting on those whichhe is not reading, but makingup for it by obligingly givingquotations from the stock mar-ket, and shouting at intervals: Bell Telephone, firm andsteady ! Pullman Car, active ! Atchison depressed! Copper falling! or other ejaculations asremarkable. The countess had purchased tickets for them for a concert to takeplace that evening. How did you know that we would arriveto-night ? Margaret asked. She has bought them regularly every evening, Lajos explained;11 and you see she has kept these seats for you at this table, assuringthe-head waiter every day that you would certainly be here for thenext STOCK OUOTATIONS. LUCERNE. 97 Zat is nossing, zat is nossing, and who is it who read effery timeze arrival at all ze hotel ? And who promenade himself ze townaround to meet zese young ladies ? I will not pretend that I did not have some personal interest inthe matter; but then, my dear aunt, I could not see you so impatientwithout doing all I could to relieve your anxiety. Fiddlestick, zat is not polite; more, zat is not true, and now whowill go to ze concert ? Mrs. Newton, the Judge, and Cecilia were weary, and begged to beexcused, and a partie quarre was formed of the countess and Marga-ret, Alice and Lajos. Quite as in the old days, Margaret thought,hardly realizing that the old days were only last week. But therewas this difference now, — the countess placed her arm inside thatof Alice, and peremptorily beckoned Lajos to offer his to Margaret;and yet Margaret did not seem to have declined at all in her favor. Margaret felt herself exhilarated
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