"I wish to goodness it never had been discovered at all!" she exclaimed.

"Really, our girls have no chance nowadays.

It is most unfair." "Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered," said Mr.
Erskine; "I myself would say that it had merely been detected." "Oh! but I have seen specimens of the inhabitants," answered the duchess vaguely.

"I must confess that most of them are extremely pretty.

And they dress well, too.