He will tell you about the success he had in America; it quite makes up
for the defeat of the British army in the Revolution. They were defeated
in the Revolution, the British, were n't they? I always told him so, but
he insists they were not. 'How do we come to be free, then?' I always
ask him; 'I suppose you admit that we are free.' Then he becomes
personal and says that I am free enough, certainly. But it 's the
general fact I mean; I wish you would tell him about the general fact. I
think he would believe you, because he knows you know a great deal about
history and all that. I don't mean this evening, but some time when
it is convenient. He did n't want to come in--he wanted to stay in the
carriage and smoke a cigar; he thought you would n't like it, his coming
with me the first time. But I told him he need n't mind that, for I
would certainly explain. I would be very careful to let you know that
I brought him only as a substitute. A substitute for whom? A substitute
for my husband, of course. My dear Mrs. Vivian, of course I ought to
bring you some pretty message from Gordon--that he is dying to come and
see you, only that he had nineteen letters to write and that he could
n't possibly stir from his fireside.
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