【】eofit,yboysein</p>
hotoh,sounpleasantlyhot,tolookatbutididnotthinkof</p>
suchharsthis.faith,itisincredible.hat</p>
youarryyourselftoanenglishn,isaidatonce:</p>
”itisbad,harofit.theseenglishareislanders.</p>
theyareetric.theyared.theyselltheirhe</p>
rket,hardroundtheieck.”</p>
”dearsisterinlars.barclayinterrupted,”ihavesooften</p>
assuredyouthatthatabsurdstatentirelyfalse;anddue</p>
onlytotheabsoluteignorance,ofouation,ofeverything</p>
outsideitself.”</p>
”ihavehearditoften,”daduburgon,positively.”they</p>
areanationofsingularities.idoubtnotthatitistrue,hehas</p>
hiddehfroou.trueorfalse,iad.</p>
forthisiyfaith,ihavenotrriedanenglishn.</p>
adnessofthisnationof</p>
islanders</p>
”thisisaid,arryanenglishn.</p>
uldiigihati,also,eavictildi</p>
supposethathusbandansensibleinstthingswouldalso</p>
beed;thatboyswouldgrowuplikeyoungsavages,and</p>
selvestogoouttosleephoutbeds,toh</p>
lds,tohaverednosesandughs,perhapsevenfaithtobe</p>
killedbytheballssyself:</p>
”alivinginfranceaasleepadreanga,too,</p>
d</p>
”isaidtoself:</p>
”ishallgotosisterinlaandofher,isit</p>
possiblethatthesethingsaretrue”</p>
”ifyouanbyallthis,sisterinlatruethatihave</p>
edtoboysgoingouttofightforfraisquite</p>
true,”s.barclaysaid,quietly.</p>
daduburgsatdo,raisedherhands,and</p>
noddedherheadslonly.</p>
”shesaysitistrue,sheactuallysaysthatitistrue.”</p>
”rs.bartinued,quietly.”they</p>
arestrongenoughtocarryar,agooutto</p>
defendtheiruntryinashortti,itislikelythateveryone</p>
sisstheorely,itis</p>
aterribletrial;butothereoseetheirsonsgoout,</p>
i”</p>
”beadaduburgsaid,</p>
angrily;”been,becausetheirfather</p>
isenglish;andstupidnlikehusbandheseyoung</p>
englishboysgo,iteuponusforouroain</p>
behind.</p>
”,iaskyou,istheuseofbeingistheuseof</p>
payingtaxesforanar,ifourboysstfightitisabsurd,it</p>
isagainstreason,itisatrocious.”</p>
daduburgsangerarancers.</p>
barclay;ahervisitorshort.</p>
”dearsisterinlaisofnousearguingortalking.i</p>
nsider,rightlyorsofouruntrystand</p>
beforeourprivatenvenience,orinnvenience.ifian,</p>
ishouldcertainlygoouttofight;yboysdoso,</p>
iftheyy,anditistoo</p>
latetodraodosohisay,frankly,</p>
thatidonot.”</p>
daduburgtookherdeparture,choffendedand,lateinthe</p>