pleasure remark them--but such remarks fall very
ungracefully from the lips of her citizens.


DIMPLE

You are perfectly in the right, Colonel--America
has her faults.


MANLY

Yes, Sir; and we, her children, should blush for
them in private, and endeavour, as individuals, to re-
form them. But, if our country has its errors in com-
mon with other countries, I am proud to say America--
I mean the United States--has displayed virtues and
achievements which modern nations may admire, but
of which they have seldom set us the example.


CHARLOTTE

But, brother, we must introduce you to some of our
gay folks, and let you see the city, such as it is. Mr.
Dimple is known to almost every family in town; he
will doubtless take a pleasure in introducing you.


DIMPLE