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                               CHAPTER VII。 



                      AN INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION。 

     AT   the   celebrated   Oldport   ball   for   the   French   officers�察  �the   merit   of 

each maiden was estimated by the number of foreigners with whom she 

could   talk   at   once�察  �for   there   were   more   gentlemen   than   ladies�察  �and   not 

more than half   the ladies spoke   French。          Here   Emilia was in her   glory�察�

the ice being once broken�察�officers were to her but like so many school´ 

girls�察�and she rattled away to the admiral and the fleet captain and two or 

three   lieutenants   at   once�察  �while   others   hovered   behind   the   circle   of   her 

immediate   adorers�察  �to   pick   up   the   stray   shafts   of   what   passed   for   wit。 

Other     girls   again   drove    two´in´hand�察     �at  the   most�察   �in  the   way    of 

conversation�察  �while      those   least  gifted   could   only   encounter    one   small 

Frenchman in some safe corner�察�and converse chiefly by smiles and signs。 

     On the whole�察�the evening opened gayly。               Newly arrived Frenchmen 

are apt to be so unused to the familiar society of unmarried girls�察�that the 

most innocent share in it has for them the zest of forbidden fruit�察�and the 

most blameless intercourse seems almost a bonne fortune。 Most of these 

officers were from the lower ranks of French society�察�but they all had that 

good´breeding which their race wears with such ease�察�and can unhappily 

put off with the same。 

     The admiral and the fleet captain were soon turned over to Hope�察�who 

spoke     French    as  she  did   English�察  �with   quiet   grace。   She    found    them 

agreeable companions�察�while Emilia drifted among the elder midshipmen�察�

who were dazzling in gold lace if not in intellect。              Kate fell to the share 

of   a   vehement     little  surgeon�察   �who    danced    her   out  of   breath。   Harry 

officiated   as   interpreter   between   the   governor   of   the   State   and   a   lively 

young   ensign�察  �who   yearned   for   the   society   of   dignitaries。   The   governor 

was quite aware that he himself could not speak French�察�the Frenchman 

was   quite   unaware   that   he   himself   could     not   speak  English�察  �but   with 

Harry's aid they plunged boldly into conversation。 Their talk happened to 

fall on steam´engines�察�English�察�French�察�American�察�their comparative cost�察�



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comparative power�察�comparative cost per horse power��until Harry�察�who 

was   not   very   strong   upon   the   steam´engine   in   his   own   tongue�察  �and   was 

quite helpless on that point in any other�察�got a good deal astray among the 

numerals�察�and implanted some rather wild statistics in the mind of each。 

The     young    Frenchman      was    far  more    definite�察  �when    requested    by   the 

governor to state in English the precise number of men engaged on board 

the   corvette。    With     the  accuracy   of    his  nation�察  �he   beamingly   replied�察�

;Seeshun´dredtousand。; 

     As is apt to be the case in Oldport�察�other European nationalities beside 

the French were represented�察�though the most marked foreign accent was 

of    course    to  be   found    among     Americans      just   returned。    There    were 

European diplomatists who spoke English perfectly�察�there were travellers 

who spoke   no   English   at   all�察  �and   as usual   each   guest   sought   to   practise 

himself in the tongue he knew least。 There was the usual eagerness among 

the fashionable vulgar to make acquaintance with anything that combined 

broken   English   and   a   title�察  �and   two   minutes   after   a   Russian   prince   had 

seated   himself   comfortably   on   a   sofa   beside   Kate�察  �he   was   vehemently 

tapped     on   the  shoulder    by   Mrs。    Courtenay     Brash    with   the   endearing 

summons�此        �Why�      �Prince�察  �I   didn't   see   as   you   was   here。 Do   you   set 

comfortable   where   you   be�拭  �Come   over   to   this   window�察  �and   tell   all   you 

know� ─�

     The prince might have felt that his summons was abrupt�察�but knew not 

that it was ungrammatical�察�and so was led away in triumph。 He had been 

but a   month or two   in this   country�察 �and so   spoke our language no   more 

correctly than Mrs。 Brash�察�but only with more grace。 There was no great 

harm  in   Mrs。  Brash�察�like   most   loquacious people�察 �she   was   kind´hearted�察�

with a tendency to corpulence and good works。 She was also afflicted with 

a high color�察�and a chronic   eruption of diamonds。                Her husband had   an 

eye   for   them�察  �having   begun   life   as   a   jeweller's   apprentice�察  �and   having 

developed sufficient   sharpness   of   vision   in   other  directions   to   become   a 

millionnaire�察�and a Congressman�察�and to let his wife do as she pleased。 

     What   goes     forth   from   the   lips  may   vary   in   dialect�察 �but   wine   and 

oysters speak the universal language。            The supper´table brought our party 



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together�察�and they compared notes。 

     ;Parties   are   very   confusing�察─  �philosophized   Hope�察�especially   when 

waiters and partners dress so much alike。               Just now I saw an ill´looking 

man elbowing his way up to Mrs。 Meredith�察�and I thought he was bringing 

her something on a plate。 Instead of that�察�it was his hand he held out�察�and 

she put hers into it�察�and I was told that he was one of the leaders of society。 

There are very few gentlemen here whom I could positively tell from the 

waiters by their faces�察�and yet Harry says the fast set are not here。; 

     ;Talk of the angels� ─�said Philip。         ;There come the Inglesides。; 

     Through the door of the supper´room they saw entering the drawing´ 

room one of those pretty�察�fair´haired women who grow older up to twenty´ 

five and then remain unchanged till sixty。 She was dressed in the loveliest 

pale blue silk�察�very low in the neck�察�and she seemed to smile on all with 

her white teeth and her white shoulders。             This was Mrs。 Ingleside。          With 

her came her daughter Blanche�察�a pretty blonde�察�whose bearing seemed at 

first as innocent and pastoral as her name。 Her dress was of spotless white�察�

what   there   was   of   it�察  �and   her   skin   was   so   snowy�察  �you   could   hardly   tell 

where   the   dress   ended。   Her   complexion   was   exquisite�察  �her   eyes   of   the 

softest blue�察�at twenty´three she did not look more than seventeen�察�and yet 

there   was   such   a   contrast   between   these   virginal   traits�察  �and   th
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