Jerrold carved the big turkey which Hannah had contributed, and which
she had fattened all the summer in anticipation of Grey's return and
this very dinner, Mrs. Geraldine took occasion to introduce her favorite
subject of conversation, Europe, and its customs, which she thought so
infinitely superior to those this side the water.
"Umph!" ejaculated Miss McPherson, with an upward toss of the chin.
Then, turning to Grey, she said, "And did you, too, like all the foreign
habits?"
"No, indeed," was Grey's reply. "Just think of having your coffee and
roll brought to you in the morning while you are in bed, and eating it
in the smelling room, without washing your hands, and then going to
sleep again. That is what I call very _narsty_, as the English say,
though they do not use the word in that sense."
"You forget that Miss McPherson is English," Mrs. Jerrold said, and the
lady in question at once rejoined:
"Never mind. I do not believe in spoiling a story for relation's sake,
or country's either, and I fully agree with Grey that the Continental
habit of breakfasting in bed, with unwashed face and hands, is a very
_nasty_ one, in the American sense of the word.
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