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 in the matter of promises; yes, really I am, and never break one. Mr. Belhomme has promised to take me just where I want to go. Would you like to go with us?"

"I should of course be delighted; but would it be convenient, do you think?"

"Oh, perfectly; I make up my own party, and invite all the people. Mrs. Fallow-Deer is going as chaperon. I don't know how you will like the company, I fancy you will not know any of them; it is the Boston gang principally."

"Indeed, I never met a Bostonian to know him—or her. They are said to be more like English people than New Yorkers are; is that true?"

"Yes, I suppose it is. Those who come to Newport are a queer lot. We have a great many traditions about the cleverness of the Boston women, the fascinations of the men, but I confess to be greatly at a loss to account for their reputation, which I don't