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〃Well; I guess you had better leave it somewhere;〃 she said after a moment。



〃Are you going to Italy?〃  Winterbourne inquired in a tone

of great respect。



The young lady glanced at him again。  〃Yes; sir;〃 she replied。

And she said nothing more。



〃Are youa going over the Simplon?〃  Winterbourne pursued;

a little embarrassed。



〃I don't know;〃 she said。  〃I suppose it's some mountain。

Randolph; what mountain are we going over?〃



〃Going where?〃 the child demanded。



〃To Italy;〃 Winterbourne explained。



〃I don't know;〃 said Randolph。  〃I don't want to go to Italy。

I want to go to America。〃



〃Oh; Italy is a beautiful place!〃 rejoined the young man。



〃Can you get candy there?〃  Randolph loudly inquired。



〃I hope not;〃 said his sister。  〃I guess you have had enough candy;

and mother thinks so too。〃



〃I haven't had any for ever so longfor a hundred weeks!〃

cried the boy; still jumping about。



The young lady inspected her flounces and smoothed her ribbons again;

and Winterbourne presently risked an observation upon the beauty

of the view。  He was ceasing to be embarrassed; for he had begun

to perceive that she was not in the least embarrassed herself。

There had not been the slightest alteration in her charming complexion;

she was evidently neither offended nor flattered。

If she looked another way when he spoke to her; and seemed not

particularly to hear him; this was simply her habit; her manner。

Yet; as he talked a little more and pointed out some of the objects

of interest in the view; with which she appeared quite unacquainted;

she gradually gave him more of the benefit of her glance; and then

he saw that this glance was perfectly direct and unshrinking。

It was not; however; what would have been called an immodest glance;

for the young girl's eyes were singularly honest and fresh。

They were wonderfully pretty eyes; and; indeed; Winterbourne had not

seen for a long time anything prettier than his fair countrywoman's

various featuresher complexion; her nose; her ears; her teeth。

He had a great relish for feminine beauty; he was addicted to

observing and analyzing it; and as regards this young lady's face

he made several observations。  It was not at all insipid; but it

was not exactly expressive; and though it was eminently delicate;

Winterbourne mentally accused itvery forgivinglyof a want of finish。

He thought it very possible that Master Randolph's sister was a coquette;

he was sure she had a spirit of her own; but in her bright;

sweet; superficial little visage there was no mockery; no irony。

Before long it became obvious that she was much disposed

toward conversation。  She told him that they were going to Rome

for the wintershe and her mother and Randolph。  She asked him

if he was a 〃real American〃; she shouldn't have taken him for one;

he seemed more like a Germanthis was said after a little hesitation

especially when he spoke。  Winterbourne; laughing; answered that

he had met Germans who spoke like Americans; but that he had not;

so far as he remembered; met an American who spoke like a German。

Then he asked her if she should not be more comfortable in sitting

upon the bench which he had just quitted。  She answered that she

liked standing up and walking about; but she presently sat down。

She told him she was from New York State〃if you know where that is。〃

Winterbourne learned more about her by catching hold of her small;

slippery brother and making him stand a few minutes by his side。



〃Tell me your name; my boy;〃 he said。



〃Randolph C。 Miller;〃 said the boy sharply。  〃And I'll tell you her name〃;

and he leveled his alpenstock at his sister。



〃You had better wait till you are asked!〃 said this young lady calmly。



〃I should like very much to know your name;〃 said Winterbourne。



〃Her name is Daisy Miller!〃 cried the child。  〃But that isn't her real name;

that isn't her name on her cards。〃



〃It's a pity you haven't got one of my cards!〃 said Miss Miller。



〃Her real name is Annie P。 Miller;〃 the boy went on。



〃Ask him HIS name;〃 said his sister; indicating Winterbourne。



But on this point Randolph seemed perfectly indifferent;

he continued to supply information with regard to his own family。

〃My father's name is Ezra B。 Miller;〃 he announced。

〃My father ain't in Europe; my father's in a better

place than Europe;。〃



Winterbourne imagined for a moment that this was the manner

in which the child had been taught to intimate that Mr。 Miller

had been removed to the sphere of celestial reward。

But Randolph immediately added; 〃My father's in Schenectady。

He's got a big business。  My father's rich; you bet!〃



〃Well!〃 ejaculated Miss Miller; lowering her parasol and looking

at the embroidered border。  Winterbourne presently released

the child; who departed; dragging his alpenstock along the path。

〃He doesn't like Europe;〃 said the young girl。  〃He wants

to go back。〃



〃To Schenectady; you mean?〃



〃Yes; he wants to go right home。  He hasn't got any boys here。

There is one boy here; but he always goes round with a teacher;

they won't let him play。〃



〃And your brother hasn't any teacher?〃  Winterbourne inquired。



〃Mother thought of getting him one; to travel round with us。

There was a lady told her of a very good teacher;

an American ladyperhaps you know herMrs。 Sanders。

I think she came from Boston。  She told her of this teacher;

and we thought of getting him to travel round with us。

But Randolph said he didn't want a teacher traveling round with us。

He said he wouldn't have lessons when he was in the cars。

And we ARE in the cars about half the time。  There was an English

lady we met in the carsI think her name was Miss Featherstone;

perhaps you know her。  She wanted to know why I didn't give

Randolph lessonsgive him 'instruction;' she called it。

I guess he could give me more instruction than I could give him。

He's very smart。〃



〃Yes;〃 said Winterbourne; 〃he seems very smart。〃



〃Mother's going to get a teacher for him as soon as we get to Italy。

Can you get good teachers in Italy?〃



〃Very good; I should think;〃 said Winterbourne。



〃Or else she's going to find some school。  He ought to learn

some more。  He's only nine。  He's going to college。〃

And in this way Miss Miller continued to converse upon the affairs

of her family and upon other topics。  She sat there with her

extremely pretty hands; ornamented with very brilliant rings;

folded in her lap; and with her pretty eyes now resting upon

those of Winterbourne; now wandering over the garden; the people

who passed by; and the beautiful view。  She talked to Winterbourne

as if she had known him a long time。  He found it very pleasant。

It was many years since he had heard a young girl talk so much。

It might have been said of this unknown young lady; who had come

and sat down beside him upon a bench; that she chattered。

She was very quiet; she sat in a charming; tranquil attitude;

but her lips and her eyes were constantly moving。  She had a soft;

slender; agreeable voice; and her tone was decidedly sociable。

She gave Winterbourne a history of her movements and intentions

and those of her mother and brother; in Europe; and enumerated;

in particular; the various hotels at which they had stopped。

〃That English lady in the cars;〃 she said〃Miss Featherstone

asked me if we didn't all live in hotels in America。

I told her I had never been in so many hotels in my life as since I

came to Europe。  I have never seen so manyit's nothing but hotels。〃

But Miss Miller did not make this remark with a querulous accent;

she appeared to be in the best humor with everything。

She declared that the hotels were very good; when once you

got used to their ways; and that Europe was perfectly sweet。

She was not disappointednot a bit。  Perhaps it was because

she had heard so much about it before。  She had ever so many

intimate friends that had been there ever so many times。

And then she had had ever so many dresses and things from Paris。

Whenever she put on a Paris dress she felt as if she

were in Europe。



〃It was a kind of a wishing cap;〃 said Winterbourne。



〃Yes;〃 said Miss Miller without examining this analogy;

〃it always made me wish I was here。  But I needn't have

done that for dresses。  I am sure they send all the pretty

ones to America; you see the most frightful things here。

The only thing I don't like;〃 she proceeded; 〃is the society。

There isn't any society; or; if there is; I don't know

where it keeps itself。  Do you?  I suppose there is some

society somewhere; but I haven't seen anything of it。

I'm very fond of society; and I have always had a great deal of it。

I don't mean only in Schenectady; but in New York。

I used to go to New York every winter。  In New York I had lots

of society。  Last winter I had seventeen dinners given me;

and three of them were by gentlemen;〃 added Daisy Miller。

〃I have more friends in New York than in Schenectady

more gentleman friends; and more young lady friends too;〃

she resumed in a moment。  She paused again for an instant;

she was looking at Winterbourne with all her prettiness in her

lively eyes and in her light; slightly monotonous smile。

〃I have always had;〃 she said; 〃a great deal of gentlemen's society。〃



Poor Winterbourne was amused; perplexed; and decidedly charmed。

He had never yet heard a young girl express herself in just

this fashion; never; at least; save in cases where to say such

things seemed a kind of demonstrative evidence of a certain

laxity of deportment。  And yet was he to accuse Miss Daisy Miller

of actual or potential inconduite; as they said at Geneva?

He felt that he had lived at Geneva so long that he had lost

a good deal; he had become dishabituated to the American tone。

Never; indeed; since he had grown old enough to appreciate things;

had he encountered a young American girl of so pro

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