[A Romance of the Republic by Lydia Maria Francis Child]@TWC D-Link bookA Romance of the Republic CHAPTER XXIII 17/26
I must seek to divert my mind by new travels, I hardly know where.
I have exhausted Europe, having been there three times.
I have often thought I should like to look on the Oriental gardens and bright waters of Damascus. Everything is so wretchedly new, and so disagreeably fast, in this country! It must be refreshing to see a place that has known no changes for three thousand years." They clasped hands with mutual adieus; and the unfortunate son of wealth, not knowing what to do in a country full of noble work, went forth to seek a new sensation in the slow-moving caravans of the East. A few days afterward, when Flora returned from taking a lesson in oil-colors, she said: "How do you suppose I have offended Mr.Green? When I met him just now, he touched his hat in a very formal way, and passed on, though I was about to speak to him." "Perhaps he was in a hurry," suggested Mrs.Delano. "No, it wasn't that," rejoined Flora.
"He did just so day before yesterday, and he can't always be in a hurry.
Besides, you know he is never in a hurry; he is too much of a gentleman." Her friend smiled as she answered, "You are getting to be quite a judge of aristocratic manners, considering you were brought up in a bird-cage." The young girl was not quite so ready as usual with a responsive smile.
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