I congratulated myself sometimes that I was there to assert her dignity.
I must be permitted to generalise in this way about our London experiences because they only lasted a day and a half, and it is impossible to get many particulars into that space.

It was really a pity we had so little time.

Nothing would have been more interesting than to bring momma into contact with the Poets' Corner, or introduce poppa to the House of Lords, and watch the effect.

I am sure, from what I know of my parents, that the effect would have been crisp.

But we decided that six weeks was not too much to give to the Continent, also that an opportunity, six weeks long, of absorbing Europe is not likely to occur twice in the average American lifetime.