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New Impressions

           ThehospitableAmericanshadinvitedeveryacquaintancetheyhadinNice,andhavingnoprejudiceagainsttitles,securedafewtoaddlustertotheirChristmasball.

           ARussianprincecondescendedtositinacornerforanhourandtalkwithamassivelady,dressedlikeHamlet’smotherinblackvelvetwithapearlbridleunderherchin.APolishcount,agedeighteen,devotedhimselftotheladies,whopronouncedhim,‘afascinatingdear’,andaGermanSereneSomething,havingcometosupperalone,roamedvaguelyabout,seekingwhathemightdevour.BaronRothschild’sprivatesecretary,alarge-nosedJewintightboots,affablybeamedupontheworld,asifhismaster’snamecrownedhimwithagoldenhalo.AstoutFrenchman,whoknewtheEmperor,cametoindulgehismaniafordancing,andLadydeJones,aBritishmatron,adornedthescenewithherlittlefamilyofeight.Ofcourse,thereweremanylight-footed,shrill-voicedAmericangirls,handsome,lifeless-lookingEnglishditto,andafewplainbutpiquanteFrenchdemoiselles,likewisetheusualsetoftravelingyounggentlemenwhodisportedthemselvesgaily,whilemammasofallnationslinedthewallsandsmileduponthembenignlywhentheydancedwiththeirdaughters.

           AnyyounggirlcanimagineAmy’sstateofmindwhenshe‘tookthestage’thatnight,leaningonLaurie’sarm.

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