'I was among 'em all the time, and have got public journals in my trunk with my name printed'-- he lowered his voice and was very impressive here--'among the fashionable news.

But, oh, the conventionalities of that a-mazing Europe!' 'Ah!' cried Mr Norris the father, giving his head a melancholy shake, and looking towards Martin as though he would say, 'I can't deny it, sir.

I would if I could.' 'The limited diffusion of a moral sense in that country!' exclaimed the general.

'The absence of a moral dignity in man!' 'Ah!' sighed all the Norrises, quite overwhelmed with despondency.
'I couldn't have realised it,' pursued the general, 'without being located on the spot.

Norris, your imagination is the imagination of a strong man, but YOU couldn't have realised it, without being located on the spot!' 'Never,' said Mr Norris.
'The ex-clusiveness, the pride, the form, the ceremony,' exclaimed the general, emphasizing the article more vigorously at every repetition.
'The artificial barriers set up between man and man; the division of the human race into court cards and plain cards, of every denomination--into clubs, diamonds, spades--anything but heart!' 'Ah!' cried the whole family.