Міжнародний епізод
Part I
Westgate,whocontinuedtogivePercyBeaumontagreatdealofinformation.LordLambethgotintoalittlebasketphaetonwithBessieAlden,andshedrovehimdownthelongavenue,whoseextenthehadmeasuredonfootacoupleofhoursbefore,intotheancienttown,asitwascalledinthatpartoftheworld,ofNewport.Theancienttownwasacuriousaffair—acollectionoffresh-lookinglittlewoodenhouses,paintedwhite,scatteredoverahillsideandclusteredaboutalongstraightstreetpavedwithenormouscobblestones.Therewereplentyofshops—alargeproportionofwhichappearedtobethoseoffruitvendors,withpilesofhugewatermelonsandpumpkinsstackedinfrontofthem;and,drawnupbeforetheshops,orbumpingaboutonthecobblestones,wereinnumerableotherbasketphaetonsfreightedwithladiesofhighfashion,whogreetedeachotherfromvehicletovehicleandconversedontheedgeofthepavementinamannerthatstruckLordLambethasdemonstrative,withagreatmany“Oh,mydears,”andlittlequickexclamationsandcaresses.Hiscompanionwentintoseventeenshops—heamusedhimselfwithcountingthem—andaccumulatedatthebottomofthephaetonapileofbundlesthathardlylefttheyoungEnglishmanaplaceforhisfeet.
