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Arms and the Woman

CHAPTER III
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I'll see you later," and he departed.
It was five of the clock.

The Strand was choked.

Here and there I saw the color of martial attire.

Save for this, and that the buildings were low and solid, and that most of the people walked slower, I might have been looking down upon Broadway for all the change of place I saw.
There is not much difference between New York and London, except in the matter of locomotion.

The American gets around with more rapidity than does his English cousin, but in the long run he accomplishes no more.
It is only when one steps onto the Continent that the real difference in the human races is discerned.


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