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Chapter 4

           Lanierwasanunpredictableboywithaninhumancuriosity."Well,howmanyPomeranianswouldittaketolickalion,father?"wastypicalofthequestionswithwhichheharassedDick.Topsywaseasier.ShewasnineandveryfairandexquisitelymadelikeNicole,andinthepastDickhadworriedaboutthat.LatelyshehadbecomeasrobustasanyAmericanchild.Hewassatisfiedwiththemboth,butconveyedthefacttothemonlyinatacitway.Theywerenotletoffbreachesofgoodconduct"Eitheronelearnspolitenessathome,"Dicksaid,"ortheworldteachesittoyouwithawhipandyoumaygethurtintheprocess.WhatdoIcarewhetherTopsy‘adores’meornot?I’mnotbringingheruptobemywife."

           AnotherelementthatdistinguishedthissummerandautumnfortheDiverswasaplenitudeofmoney.Duetothesaleoftheirinterestintheclinic,andtodevelopmentsinAmerica,therewasnowsomuchthatthemerespendingofit,thecareofgoods,wasanabsorptioninitself.Thestyleinwhichtheytravelledseemedfabulous.

           Regardthem,forexample,asthetrainslowsupatBoyenwheretheyaretospendafortnightvisiting.Theshiftingfromthewagon-lithasbegunattheItalianfrontier.Thegoverness’smaidandMadameDiver’smaidhavecomeupfromsecondclasstohelpwiththebaggageandthedogs.Mlle.Belloiswillsuperintendthehand-luggage,leavingtheSealyhamstoonemaidandthepairofPekinesetotheother.

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