The name of an Englishman has been made a by-word for
reproach. In private intercourse private amenities have remained.
I, at any rate, may boast that such has been the case as regards
myself. But, even in private life, I have been unable to keep down
the feeling that I have always been walking over smothered ashes.
It may be that, when the civil war in America is over, all this
will pass by, and there will be nothing left of international
bitterness but its memory. It is sincerely to be hoped that this
may be so - that even the memory of the existing feeling may fade
away and become unreal. I for one cannot think that two nations
situated as are the States and England should permanently quarrel
and avoid each other. But words have been spoken which will, I
fear, long sound in men's ears, and thoughts have sprung up which
will not easily allow themselves to be extinguished.
CHAPTER XIV.
NEW YORK.
Speaking of New York as a traveler, I have two faults to find with
it. In the first place, there is nothing to see; and, in the
second place, there is no mode of getting about to see anything.
Nevertheless, New York is a most interesting city.
