"And that would have been worse. I hate being put anywhere,—as if I were a sheep. It seems so odd to us, that you here should be all so tame."
"Do you mean the English or the French, or the world in general on this side of the Atlantic?"
"We mean Europeans," said the younger lady, who was better after her breakfast. "But then we think that the French have something of compensation, in their manners, and their ways of life, their climate, the beauty of their cities, and their general management of things."
"They are very great in many ways, no doubt," said Mr. Glascock.
"They do understand living better than you do," said the elder.
"Everything is so much brighter with them," said the younger.
"They contrive to give a grace to every-day existence," said the elder.
"There is such a welcome among them for strangers," said the younger.
"Particularly in reference to places taken in the coupé," said Trevelyan, who had hardly spoken before.
"Ah, that is an affair of honesty," said the elder. "If we want honesty, I believe we must go back to the stars and stripes."