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Chapter 35

           AnAmericanboarderinourhouse!—itseemedtomeasoutrageousandundignifiedastheconductofapersonIonceheardof,who,favouredbytheQueen’spatronagewith‘free’apartmentsinKensingtonPalace,tookfromtimetotimeonthesly,anAmericanorColonial‘paying-guest,’whoadoptedforthwiththeaddressofHerMajesty’sbirthplaceasherown,thusloweringthewholeprestigeofthathistorichabitation.Mywrathhoweverwasuseless;—thebargainwasarranged—myfather,regardlessofhisproudlineageandthesocialdignityofhisposition,haddegradedhimself,inmyopinion,tothelevelofasortofsuperiorlodging-housekeeper—andfromthattimeIlostallmyformerrespectforhim.OfcourseitcanbearguedthatIwaswrong—thatIoughttohavehonouredhimforturninghisnametomonetaryaccountbyloaningitoutasaprotectiveshieldandpanoplyforanAmericanwomanwithoutanythingbutthedollarsofavulgar‘railway-king’tobackherupinsociety—butIcouldnotseeitinthatlight.Iretreatedintomyselfmorethanever—andbecamemorethanpleasantlyknownformycoldness,reserveandhauteur.MissChesneycame,andstrovehardtobemyfriend—butshesoonfoundthatimpossible.Sheisagood-heartedcreatureIbelieve—butsheisbadlybredandbadlytrainedasallhercompatriotsare,moreorless,despitetheirsmatteringofanEuropeaneducation;Idislikedherfromthefirst,andhavesparednopainstoshowit.

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