I ought to have told her more fully than I did, of all the things we had to be ashamed of.

But it is very hard to bridge the gulf of as deep a difference as existed between our life and theirs.

I tried to.
"Look here, my dear," I said to her.

"If you are really going to my country with me, you've got to be prepared for a good many shocks.

It's not as beautiful as this--the cities, I mean, the civilized parts--of course the wild country is." "I shall enjoy it all," she said, her eyes starry with hope.