I suppose she spoke the truth, but I am sure she has got some reason, all the same.

She has got some idea, and I am bound to find out before I go, if I have to ask everybody in the house.

I _am_ right down curious.

I wonder if she doesn't think me refined--or if she had ever heard anything against Bangor?
I can't think it is that.
Don't you remember when Clara Barnard went to visit New York, three years ago, how much attention she received?
And you know Clara _is_ Bangor, to the soles of her shoes.

Ask William Platt--so long as he isn't a native--if he doesn't consider Clara Barnard refined.
Apropos, as they say here, of refinement, there is another American in the house--a gentleman from Boston--who is just crowded with it.