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Rh Anglais call witty speeches, are only rude. Who but an Englishman would have thought of telling a woman she would not be listened to?" "Perhaps a Turk," replied Lord Mandeville. "Ah, you see you are forced to seek a likeness to yourself among barbarians," returned the lady. "Do you regret or rejoice at the prospect of returning to England?" asked Lorraine of Emily. "I count the days. I have been surprised—delighted—with a great deal that I have seen; but I quite pine to behold the old hall, and be at home again." "Ah, Emily!" exclaimed Lady Mandeville, "you are intensely English. I believe, in your heart, you think the ruins so called of Sir John Arundel's chapel, which said ruins consist of a broken wall and some scattered bricks, are more picturesque than all the mouldering temples, half marble and half acanthus, to be found in Italy; and I am persuaded one great reason why you want to be at home again, is to see if your myrtle-tree is grown taller than yourself."

"I, for one," said Edward, "sympathise in Miss Arundel's reminiscences. I do not go quite the length of the modern philosopher,