Міжнародний епізод
Part I
IsupposethatinEnglandpromotion—andallthatsortofthing—isfearfullyslow.Withus,youknow,it’sagreatdealtoofast.Yousee,Iadmitourdrawbacks.ButImustconfessIthinkNewportisanidealplace.Idon’tknowanythinglikeitanywhere.CaptainLittledaletoldmehedidn’tknowanythinglikeitanywhere.It’sentirelydifferentfrommostwateringplaces;it’samostcharminglife.ImustsayIthinkthatwhenonegoestoaforeigncountryoneoughttoenjoythedifferences.Ofcoursetherearedifferences,otherwisewhatdidonecomeabroadfor?Lookforyourpleasureinthedifferences,LordLambeth;that’sthewaytodoit;andthenIamsureyouwillfindAmericansociety—atleastNewportsociety—mostcharmingandmostinteresting.Iwishverymuchmyhusbandwerehere;buthe’sdreadfullyconfinedtoNewYork.Isupposeyouthinkthatisverystrange—foragentleman.Butyouseewehaven’tanyleisureclass.”Mrs.Westgate’sdiscourse,deliveredinasoft,sweetvoice,flowedonlikeaminiaturetorrent,andwasinterruptedbyahundredlittlesmiles,glances,andgestures,whichmighthavefiguredtheirregularitiesandobstructionsofsuchastream.LordLambethlistenedtoherwith,itmustbeconfessed,aratherineffectualattention,althoughheindulgedinagoodmanylittlemurmursandejaculationsofassentanddeprecation.Hehadnogreatfacultyforapprehendinggeneralizations.
