"And I should have liked to see the castle," said Bessie.
"But now we must leave England," she added.

Her sister looked at her. "You will not wait to go to the National Gallery?"
"Not now."

"Nor to Canterbury Cathedral?"
Bessie reflected a moment. "We can stop there on our way

to Paris," she said.
Lord Lambeth did not tell Percy Beaumont that the contingency

he was not prepared at all to like had occurred; but Percy
Beaumont, on hearing that the two ladies had left London,

wondered with some intensity what had happened; wondered, that is,
until the Duchess of Bayswater came a little to his assistance.

The two ladies went to Paris, and Mrs. Westgate beguiled
the journey to that city by repeating several times--

"That's what I regret; they will think they petrified us."
But Bessie Alden seemed to regret nothing.

End

• hearing [´hiəriŋ] n.听力；听证会；审讯 (高中英语单词)
• intensity [in´tensiti] a.激烈；强度；深度 (高中英语单词)
• duchess [´dʌtʃis] n.公爵夫人；女公爵 (高中英语单词)