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London; but not to sell bicycles for a good round
commission. My dear, between you and me, I don't
see it. If you had a brother, now, he might sell
cycles, or corner wheat, or rig the share market,
or do anything else he pleased, in these days, and
nobody'd think the worse of him--as long as he made
money; and it's my opinion that what is sauce for
the goose can't be far out for the gander--and
vice-versa. Besides which, what's the use of
trying to be ladylike? You are a lady, child, and
you couldn't help being one; why trouble to be like
what nature made you? Tell Aunt Susan from me to
put that in her pipe and smoke it!'

I did tell Aunt Susan by letter, giving Lady
Georgina's authority for the statement; and I
really believe it had a consoling effect upon her;
for Aunt Susan is one of those innocent-minded
people who cherish a profound respect for the
opinions and ideas of a Lady of Title. Especially
where questions of delicacy are concerned. It
calmed her to think that though I, an officer's
daughter, had declined upon trade, I was mixing at
least with the Best People!

We had a lovely time at the chalet--two girls
alone, messing just as we pleased in the kitchen,
and learning from Ursula how to concoct pot-au-feu
in the most approved Swiss fashion. We pottered,
as we women love to potter, half the day long; the
other half we spent in riding our cycles about the
eternal hills, and ensnaring the flies whom Lady
Georgina dutifully sent up to us. She was our
decoy duck: and, in virtue of her handle, she
decoyed to a marvel. Indeed, I sold so many
Manitous that I began to entertain a deep respect
for my own commercial faculties. As for Mr. Cyrus
W. Hitchcock, he wrote to me from Frankfort: 'The
world continues to revolve on its axis, the
Manitou, and the machine is booming. Orders romp
in daily. When you ventilated the suggestion of an
agency at Limburg, I concluded at a glance you had
the material of a first-class business woman about
you; but I reckon I did not know what a traveller
meant till you started on the road. I am now
enlarging and altering this factory, to meet
increased demands. Branch offices at Berlin,
Hamburg, Crefeld, and Dusseldorf. Inspect our
stock before dealing elsewhere. A liberal discount
allowed to the trade. Two hundred agents wanted in