We like it, and
that's enough."
"I see," I said, with cold chills of aversion for England as a nation
creeping over my enthusiasm.
"Now in America," he proceeded, "your host sends his carriage for you,
or calls for you, takes you with him, stays by you, introduces you to
the people he thinks you would most care to meet, and tells them who
and what you are; sees that you have everything that's going, and that
you see everything that's going, and then takes you back to your
club."
"Then he asks you if you have had a good time, and if you like
America!" I supplemented.
"Oh, Lord, yes! He asks you that all the time, and so does everybody
else," he said, with a groan.
"Now, you were unkind if you didn't tell him all he wanted you to, for
I do assure you it was pure American kindness of heart which made him
take all that trouble for you. I know, too, without your telling me,
that he introduced you to all the prettiest girls, and gave you a
chance to talk to each of them, and only hovered around waiting to
take you on to the next one, as soon as he could catch you with ease.
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