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Lady Barbarina: The Siege Of London; An International Episode And Other Tales
Lady Barbarina The Siege Of London An International Episode And Other Tales Author:Henry James Volume: 14 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1908 Original Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. Subjects: Fiction / Anthologies Fiction / Classics Fiction / Literary Fiction / Short Stories Literary Criticism / General Literary Criticism / American / General Notes: This is a black and white ... more »OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: "I must say London's a great deal brighter and prettier just now than it was when I was here last -- in the month of November. There's evidently a great deal going on, and you seem to have a good many flowers. I 've no doubt it's very charming for all you people and that you amuse yourselves immensely. It's very good of you to let Bessie and me come and sit and look at you. I suppose you 'll think I 'm very satirical, but I must confess that that's the feeling I have in London." " I 'm afraid I don't quite understand to what feeling you allude," said Percy Beaumont. "The feeling that it's all very well for you English people. Everything's beautifully arranged for you." " It seems to me it's very well arranged here for some Americans sometimes," Percy plucked up spirit to answer. "For some of them, yes -- if they like to be patronised. But I must say I don't like to be patronised. I may be very eccentric and undisciplined and unreasonable, but I confess I never was fond of patronage. I like to associate with people on the same terms as I do in my own country; that's a peculiar taste that I have. But here people seem to expect something else -- really I can't make out quite what. I 'm afraid you 'll think I 'm very ungrateful, for I certainly h.. ve received in one way and another a great deal of attention. The last time I was here a lady sent me a message that I was at libe...« less