Stella Rosevelt — page 119: what you’re looking at

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FILTHY LUCRE. 113 ‘‘but I think you must be an exception to the proyerbial Englishman, for I have been told that, as a rule, they do not like us any too well. ‘They cannot forgive us our indepen- dence.” ‘‘One may be forced to admire in one way that which it might not be pleasant to contemplate in another,” his lordship returned. ‘‘° But,” he added, ‘‘I trust that as we, as nations, become better acquainted with each other by the frequent inter- change of courtesies, we shall also become better friends. ” ‘‘ Have you been long in America?” ‘‘Nearly a year. I have visited a large portion of the country, and I must confess that Iam greatly pleased and interested in what I have seen, and particularly so with your free institutions and schools. Your people, too, are generous, free-hearted, and intelligent, while the beauty of American ladies, you know, is proverbial,” he concluded, smiling. Josephine'’s dark eyes drooped shyly beneath his glance, while the blood went rippling to her heart with a thrill such as she had never before experienced. ‘‘T shall remain two or three months longer,” he continued ; ‘cand I think when I do return, notwithstanding I love old England very dearly, I shall go with something of regret.” He would remain two or three months longer. Josephine’s heart leaped exultingly; she would meet him often, perhaps, this noble young peer; and what might not happen in two or three months? ‘‘Do you remain long at Long Branch?” she asked. ‘* Three or four weeks, perhaps. I find it very pleasant here,” he said; and again that thrill leaped through her veins. ‘‘I shall then go to New York,” he added, ‘‘ where I shall make my headquarters until I return to England.” ‘‘Perhaps we can help to make your stay in New York pleas- nt,” Josephine said, with her most brilliant smile. ‘‘Mamma and I are to remain here until the first of October, when we ——owr a Gomicbooks.co