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Chapter 35

           AnAmericanboarderinourhouse!itseemedtomeasoutrageousandundignifiedastheconductofapersonIonceheardof,who,favouredbytheQueen’spatronagewith‘free’apartmentsinKensingtonPalace,tookfromtimetotimeonthesly,anAmericanorColonial‘paying-guest,’whoadoptedforthwiththeaddressofHerMajesty’sbirthplaceasherown,thusloweringthewholeprestigeofthathistorichabitation.Mywrathhoweverwasuseless;thebargainwasarrangedmyfather,regardlessofhisproudlineageandthesocialdignityofhisposition,haddegradedhimself,inmyopinion,tothelevelofasortofsuperiorlodging-housekeeperandfromthattimeIlostallmyformerrespectforhim.OfcourseitcanbearguedthatIwaswrongthatIoughttohavehonouredhimforturninghisnametomonetaryaccountbyloaningitoutasaprotectiveshieldandpanoplyforanAmericanwomanwithoutanythingbutthedollarsofavulgar‘railway-king’tobackherupinsocietybutIcouldnotseeitinthatlight.Iretreatedintomyselfmorethaneverandbecamemorethanpleasantlyknownformycoldness,reserveandhauteur.MissChesneycame,andstrovehardtobemyfriendbutshesoonfoundthatimpossible.Sheisagood-heartedcreatureIbelievebutsheisbadlybredandbadlytrainedasallhercompatriotsare,moreorless,despitetheirsmatteringofanEuropeaneducation;Idislikedherfromthefirst,andhavesparednopainstoshowit.

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