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heanswered.“Youmean，”
saidI，“thatyoureciteatcerts?”
Hesmiled.“This，”
hewhispered，strikinghisstithegrouformImean.”
Hadhismysteriousprosperityunhingedhim?Helookedquitesane.Ibeggedhimtobemoreexplicit.
“Isuppose，”
hesaidpresently，givifarwhichhehadofferedme，“Youhavebeenseeingafriendoff?Iassented.Heaskedmeosedhehadbeendoing.IsaidthatIhadwatchedhimdoihing.“No，”
hesaidgravely.“Thatladywasnotafrieherforthefirsttimethism，lessthanhalfanhaiheplatformwithhisstick.
IfessedthatIwasbewildered.Hesmiled.“Youmay，”
hesaid，“haveheardoftheAnglo-AmeriSocialBureau?Ihadnot.HeexplaiofthethousandsofAmerisassthroughEnglandtherearemanyhundredswhohavenoEnglishfriends.Intheolddaystheyusedtlettersofintrodu.ButtheEnglisharesoinhospitablethattheselettersarehardlyworththepapertheyarewrittenon.”
Thus，“aidLeRos，”
theA.A.S.B.suppliesalo.Amerisareasociablepeople，andmostofthemhaveplentyofmoheA.A.S.B.suppliesthemwithEnglishfriends.FiftypertofthefeesispaidovertothefrieherfiftyisretaiheA.A.S.B.Iamnot，alas!Adirector.IfIwere，Ishouldbeaveryrideed.IamonlyaevensoIdoverywell.Iamoheseers-off.
AgainIaskedfhte.“ManyAmeris，”
hesaid，“otaffordtokeepfriendsinEngland.Buttheyallaffordtobeseenoff.Thefeeisonlyfivepouy-fivedollars）fletraveller;apounds（fortydollars）forapartyoftwoormore.Theysendthatintivieoftheirdeparture，aionbywhichtheseer-offtifythemoforAhentheyareseenoff.”
“Butisitworth”
Iexclaimed.“Ofcourseitisworthit，”
saidLeRos.“Itpreventsthemfromfeeling‘Outofit.’Itearherespectoftheguard.Itsavesthemfrombeiheirfellow-passehepeoplewhtobeogivesthemafootingforthewholevoyage.Besides，itisagreatpleasureinitself.Yousawmeseeingthatyoungladyoff.Didn’tyouthinkIdiditbeautifully?”
“Beautifully，”
Iadmitted.“IeherewasI—”
“Yes，Ie.Therewereyou，shuffliofblanklyatyourfriend，tryingtomakeversation.Iknow.That’showIusedtobemyself，beforeIstudied，ahethingprofessionally.Idon’tsayI’mperfectyet.I’mstillamartyrtht.Arailwaystatiodifficultofallplacestoa，asyouhavediscoveredforyourself.”
“But，”
Isaidwithrese，“Iwasn’ttryingtoact.Ireallyfelt.”
“sodidI，myboy，”
aidLeRos.“You’tactwithoutfeeling.What’s-his-heFren—Diderot，yes—saidyoucould;butwhatdidheknowaboutit?Doearsihetrainstarted?IhadheItellyouIwasmoved.Sowereyou，Idaresay.Butyou’thavepumpedupateartoproveit.You’texpressys.Inotherwords，you’tayrate，”
headdedkindly，“notinarailwaystation.”
“Teachme!”
cried.Helookedthoughtfullyatme.“Well，”
hesaidatlength，“theseeing-offseasonispracticallyover.Yes，I’llgiveyouacourse.Ihaveagoodmanypupilsonhayes，”
hesaid，gaebook，“IcouldgiveyouanhouronTuesdaysandFridays.”
Histerms，Ifess，areratherhigh.ButIdethei.
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