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           ”WillieWoodleypresentlyperceivedafriendonhorseback,whodroveupbesidethebarrieroftheRowandbeckonedtohim.Hewentforward,andthecrowdofpedestriansclosedabouthim,sothatforsometenminuteshewashiddenfromsight.Atlasthereappeared,bringingagentlemanwithhim—agentlemanwhomBessieatfirstsupposedtobehisfrienddismounted.ButatasecondglanceshefoundherselflookingatLordLambeth,whowasshakinghandswithhersister.“Ifoundhimoverthere,”saidWillieWoodley,“andItoldhimyouwerehere.”AndthenLordLambeth,touchinghishatalittle,shookhandswithBessie.“Fancyyourbeinghere!”hesaid.Hewasblushingandsmiling;helookedveryhandsome,andhehadakindofsplendorthathehadnothadinAmerica.BessieAlden’simagination,asweknow,wasjusttheninexercise;sothatthetallyoungEnglishman,ashestoodtherelookingdownather,hadthebenefitofit.“HeishandsomerandmoresplendidthananythingIhaveeverseen,”shesaidtoherself.Andthensherememberedthathewasamarquis,andshethoughthelookedlikeamarquis.“Isay,youknow,”hecried,“yououghttohaveletamanknowyouwerehere!”“Iwrotetoyouanhourago,”saidMrs.Westgate.“Doesn’talltheworldknowit?”askedBessie,smiling.“IassureyouIdidn’tknowit!”criedLordLambeth.“UponmyhonorIhadn’theardofit.AskWoodleynow;hadI,Woodley?”“Well,Ithinkyouareratherahumbug,”saidWillieWoodley.“Youdon’tbelievethat—doyou,MissAlden?”askedhislordship.