the misdemeanors of nancy

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: II A LESSON IN DEMOCRACY " T TE 's wild to meet you," bubbled young JT1 Mrs. Winston. Nancy elevated her chin slightly, and looked volumes of indifference. " English, you said ?" " Yes," replied the matron rapturously. "And titled?" " Oh, yes. Of course, he 's only a Baronet, but it's a very good old family." " I don't care to meet him." Nancy's tone was conclusive. Mrs. Winston gasped. " Why, Nancy ? Refuse to meet a new man ? " " My dear, I 've borne much at the hands of my married friends. I 've helped them entertain cowboys and Indians and anarchists and poets and Bostonians. Whenever there has been a San Juan to storm I 've been called in and have led the charge. But I must draw the line somewhere. In England I will do as the English do. I will flirt with Englishmen because there are no other men available—and, incidentally, because the English girls don't like it; but, in a land literally flowing with masculine milk and honey, to deliberately devote an evening to an Englishman ? Never ! " " But, my dear, he 's perfectly lovely." " Elizabeth, I know that you 've already married me to the Baronet, have been invited to visit at the castle (has he a castle ?), and are having tea on the terrace, beyond the yew walk. But, my dear, you 've got to tumble your luggage out of that pink guest- chamber and give up your Hunt Ball. I know those Englishmen. I 've spent two summers over there. I 've scoured the country for the brilliant, fascinating Englishmen of the novels, and the Englishwomen with French clothes and morals. I did n't find either. The Englishman makes love badly, and the Englishwoman dresses badly. Neither can be saved. I won't meet your lion. I 'm positive he could n't roar." " But, Nancy, I promised him." "The moral of that is, ...
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