Part 4. by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner]@TWC D-Link book Part 4. 23/35 We all have our shams--I suppose there is a sham somewhere about every individual, if we could manage to ferret it out. I would so like to go to France. I suppose our society here compares very favorably with French society does it not, Mrs.Oreille ?" Mrs.O.--"Not by any means, Miss Hawkins! French society is much more elegant--much more so." Laura--"I am sorry to hear that. I suppose ours has deteriorated of late." Mrs.O.--"Very much indeed. There are people in society here that have really no more money to live on than what some of us pay for servant hire. |