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perh8i'e ...on, of the old Secretary of State. He 'lfa' very civil to
1
JI6,
and
t herefore 1 cannot complain of him, but be
had
the
repu.tatioD of 'oain« Terr
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tiff
and of drawill€
the
loD4l: bow to an UDlll1d.ted ntent. There
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old
General )lercer,
who
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mad.. And there _. all
the
coloII,Y of .Americane
that
I mentioned
a little
W$¥I back. I
tl:l1nk
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t
have been
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pleal-
ant people to be in Rome t ogether.
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othen .ere
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Hunt,
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hter
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arH't, and her mother. Then there 11'88 a
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Srltzerland,
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quite diepoled to
flirt, and nearl1 all our coterie
had
their turn. She
h
DOW lo!rl.BroWll,
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then
who
should
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but
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old fellow pa..el"-&8r frOll! India. She was travelling
alone, or
'111
th
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maid, and al ,he wu an Irilh CathoHc, was hand
and glove with all the rel1Ciou.. Dotabil1tie. of
Rome.
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like a June bug Oil. a .wallo'll'. At firllt I wall 1nelined to feel flattered
but very lIoon fO\Ul.d out that
it ...
al onq for ...hat
,
he
could get out of
me,
Mr.
Timmint and 1
had
a curiaee that ...e had chartered together by
the month, and $iter a few
~.
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rll. H. flaked whether
.
he
could 9.1'a11
of it, and of
Iq
ellCort, to go hear Cardinal llanning preach. I .... Vtry
glad to hear nch a diIlUngu1.hed man once, alld I took her , but t hl next
d.e¥
it wae, "would
Iq
carriace be available for lome other excursion,"
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it
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ID¥
whole time wae taken
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in
danciD& attendance
on her, and poor Timm1nl nner law the earriage at all. 1 had to tell
Mr'.
R. that
the
carriage wae onq half mine, and tb.at I eould not offer
it
~
longer. I thought n.i. would end our acquaintance ,
but
ehe took it
in good part, probabq thiDk1ng
~he
would have other occaeionl to make me
u.eful. :aut I dropped her alld Iddom law her, There ... an Ell&lielDnan
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11*
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