This was the opinion of my grandfather, even when he caused these proofs to be perpetuated.

They were given to me, that I might claim affinity to the family on my arrival in England; and it was the injunction of my grandfather that they should be worn on my person, until the moment arrived when I could use them." "This explains your not preferring the claim--why not prefer the relationship ?" "What for, sir?
I found America and Americans looked down on, in England--colonists spoken of as a race of inferior beings--of diminished stature, feebler intellects, and a waning spirit, as compared to those from whom they had so recently sprung; and I was too proud to confess an affinity where I saw it was not desired.

When wounded, and expecting to die, I was landed here, at my own request, with an intention to state the facts; but, falling under the care of ministering angels,"-- here Wycherly glanced his eye at Mildred and her mother--"I less felt the want of relatives.

Sir Wycherly I honoured; but he too manifestly regarded us Americans as inferiors, to leave any wish to tell him I was his great-nephew." "I fear we are not altogether free from this reproach, Sir Gervaise," observed Sir Reginald, thoughtfully.

"We do appear to think there is something in the air of this part of the island, that renders us better than common.