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we haven't classes and titles and sich�察 �we kin be dull。 We're workin' the 

historical     racket   for   all  that  it's  worth��ef    we   can't   go   back   mor'n    a 

hundred years or so�察�we kin rake in a Lord and a Lady when we do�察�and 

we're     gettin'   in   some     ole´fashioned       spellin'    and    ;methinkses;       and 

;peradventures。;         We're     doin'   the  religious   bizness   ez    slick   ez  Robert 

Elsmere�察  �and   we   find   lots   o'   soul   in   folksand   heaps   o   quaint   morril 

characters��' sez he。; 



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     ;Sakes alive�察�Dan'l� ─�broke in his sister�察 �what's all that got to do with 

your yarn 'bout the hoss trade�拭─�

     ;Everythin'�察─      �returned    Dan'l。    ;'For��'    sez   he�察 �'Mr。   Borem��'     sez   he�察�

'you're   a   quaint   morril   character。     You've got protracted humor��'   sez   he。 

'You've bin an hour tellin' that yarn o' yours�                �Ef ye could spin it out to 

fill two   chapters   of a  bookyer  fortune's   made�           �For you'll show  that   a 

successful hoss trade involves the highest nash'nul characteristics。                       That 

what common folk calls ;selfishness�察─ �revenge�察─ �mean lyin'�察─�and ;low´ 

down   money´   grubbin'   ambishun;   is   really   ;quaintness�察─  �and   will   go   in 

double harness with the bizness of a Christian banker��' sez he。; 

     ;Created goodness�察�Dan'l�            �You're designin' ter; 

     Dan'l Borem rose�察�coughed�察�expectorated carefully at the usual spot in 

the fender�察�his general custom of indicating the conclusion of a subject or 

an interview�察�and said dryly�此 �I'm thar� ─�

       II 

       To   return   to   the   writer of   the   letter�察  �whose   career   was   momentarily 

cut   off   by   the  episode     of   the  horse   trade    ��who�察   �if   he  had  previously 

received   a   letter   written   by   somebody   else   would   have   been   an   entirely 

different person and not in this novel at all���此�John Lummoxknown to his 

family     as   ;the   perfect   Lummox;had          been    two   years    in  college�察   �but 

thought it rather fine of himselfa habit of thought in which he frequently 

indulgedto become a clerk�察�but finally got tired of it�察�and to his father's 

relief    went    to   Europe     for   a   couple     of  years�察   �returning     with    some 

knowledge        of  French     and   German�察     �and   the   cutting    end   of  a  German 

student's     blunted     dueling    sword。      Having�察     �as   he   felt�察 �thus   equipped 

himself   for   the   hero   of   an American   ;Good   Society;   novel�察  �he   went   on 

board a ;liner�察─�where there would naturally be susceptible young ladies。 

One     he   thought    he   recognized      as  a  girl   with   whom      he  used    to  play 

;forfeits;     in  the   vulgar    past    of  his   boyhood。       She    sat   at  his   table�察�

accompanied by  another   lady  whose   husband seemed   to be   a   confirmed 

dyspeptic。      His remarks struck Lummox as peculiar。 

     ;Shall   I   begin   dinner   with   pudding   and   cheese   or   take   the   ordinary 

soup first�拭     �I quite forget which I did last night�察─�he said anxiously to his 

wife。 



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     But Mrs。 Starling hesitated。 

     ;Tell me�察�Mary�察─�he said�察�appealing to Miss Bike�察�the young lady。 

     ;I   should   begin   with   the   pudding�察─  �said   Miss   Bike   decisively�察   �and 

between that and the arrival of the cheese you can make up your mind�察�and 

then�察�if you think better�察�go back to the soup。; 

     ;Thank      you    so   much。     Now�察     �as   to  drink�拭    �Shall     I  take   the 

Friedrichshalle   first   or   the   Benedictine�拭     �You   know   the   doctor   insists 

upon the Friedrichshalle�察�but I don't think I did well to mix them as I did 

yesterday。     Or shall I take simply milk and beer�拭─�

     ;I   should   say   simplicity   was   best。  Besides�察  �you   can   always   fill   up 

with champagne later。; 

     How splendidly this clear´headed�察�clear´eyed girl dominated the man� �

Lummox felt that REALLY he might renew her acquaintance�                       �He did so。 

     ;I remembered you�察─�she said。            ;You've not changed a bit since you 

were eight years old。; 

     John�察�wishing to change the subject�察�said that he thought Mr。 Starling 

seemed an uncertain man。 

     ;Very�     �He's even now in his stateroom sitting in his pyjamas with a 

rubber shoe on one foot and a pump on the other�察�wondering whether he 

ought to put on golf knickerbockers with a dressing´gown and straw hat 

before   he   comes   on   deck。    He   has   already   put   on   and   taken   off   about 

twenty suits。; 

     ;He    certainly    is  very  trying�察─  �returned    Lummox。       He    paused     and 

colored     deeply。    ;I   beg�察─  �he  stammered�察      �I  hopeyou     don't  think   me 

guilty of a pun�       �When I said 'trying' I referred entirely to the effect on 

your sensitiveness of these tentative attempts toward clothing himself。; 

     ;I should never accuse YOU of levity�察�Mr。 Lummox�察─�said the young 

lady�察  �gazing   thoughtfully   upon   his   calm   but   somewhat   heavy   features�察�

;never。; 

     Yet he would have liked to reclaim himself by a show of lightness。 He 

was leaning on the rail looking at the sea。           The scene was beautiful。 

     ;I   suppose�察─  �he   said�察  �rolling   with   the   sea   and   his   early   studies   of 

Doctor   Johnson�察   �that one   would   in   the   more   superior   manner   show  his 

appreciation   of   all   this   by   refraining   from   the   obvious   comment   which 



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must needs be recognized as comparatively commonplace and vulgar�察�but 

really this is so superb that I must express some of my emotion�察�even at 

the risk of lowering your opinion of my good taste�察�provided�察�of course�察�

that you have any opinion on the one hand or any good taste on the other。; 

     ;Without that undue  depreciation of   one's   self   which   must   ever  be a 

sign of self´conscious demerit�察─�said the young girl lightly�察 �I may say that 

I   am  not generally  good   at   Johnsonese�察  �but   it   may  relieve   your   mind   to 

know that had you kept silence one instant longer�察�I should have taken the 

risk of  lowering   your   opinion   of  my taste�察�provided�察 �of  course�察 �that   you 

have one to lower and are capable of that exertionif such indeed it may 

be termedby remarking that this is perfectly magnificent。; 

     ;Do you think�察─�he said gloomily�察�still leaning on the rail�察 �that we can 

keep   this   kind   of   thing   upperhaps   I   should   say   downmuch   longer�拭�

For myself�察�I am feeling far from well�察�it may have been the lobsteror 

that last sentencebut; 

     They were both silent。         ;Yet�察─�she said�察�after a pause�察 �you can at least 

take Mr。 Starling and his dyspepsia off my hands。                You might be equal to 

that exertion。; 

     ;I   suppose     that  by   this  time   I  ought    to  be   doing    something     for 

somebody�察─�he said thoughtfully。            ;Yes�察�I will。; 

     That evening after dinner he took Mr。 Starling into the smoking´ room 

and     card´room。      They     had    something     hot。    At    4   A。  M。�察   �with   the 

assistance   of   the   steward�察  �he   projected   Mr。   Starling   into   Mrs。   Starling's 

stateroom�察     �delicately    withdrawing       to   evade    the   lady's    thanks。     At 

breakfast   he   saw   Miss   Bike。      ;Thank   you   so     much�察─  �she   said�察    �Mrs。 

Starling   found   Starling   greatly   improved。       He   himself   admitted   he   was 

'never berrer' and�察�far from worrying about what night´clothes he should 

wear�察�went to bed AS HE WASeven to his hat。                   Mrs。 Starling calls you 

'her   preserver��'   and   Mr。   Starling   distinctly   stated   that   you   were   a   'jolly´ 

good´fler。'; 

     ;And you�拭─�asked John Lummox。 

     ;In    your    present    condition     of   abnormal      self´consciousness        and 

apperceptive egotism�察�I really shouldn't like to say。; 

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her   house�察  �and   his   fatherwhom   he   had   not   seen   for   ten   yearsat   HIS 

house。      With a refined absence of natural affection he contented himself 

with inquiring of the servants as to his father's habits�察�and if he still wore 

dress clothes at dinner。          The information thus elicited forced him to the 

conclusion that the old gentleman's circumstances were reduced�察�and that 

it was possible that he�察�John Lummox�察�might be actually compelled to earn 

his own living。        He communicated that suspicion to his father at dinner�察�

and   over     the  last  bottle   of  ;Mouton�察─      �a  circumstance      which     also  had 

determined        him    in   his   resolution。       ;You      might�察─    �said   his   father 

thoughtfully�察 �offer yourself to some rising American novelist as a study 

for   the   new   hero��one   absolutely   without   ambition�察  �capacity�察  �or   energy�察�

willing�察  �however�察  �to   be   whatever   the   novelist   chooses   to   make   him�察  �so 

long     as   he   hasn't   to   choose     for  himself。      If   your    inordinate     self´ 

consciousness is still in your way�察�I could give him a few points about you�察�

myself。; 

     ;I had thought�察─�said John�察�hesitatingly�察 �o

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