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[Nagengast <san...@eb...>]

Ort, although nothing could be more profoundly respectful, not to say
deferential, than was the manner of the crowd toward him. In his mind he
framed a discouraged remark for early entry in his diary: "It is of no
use; they know a lord through any disguise, and show awe of him--even
something very like fear, indeed." Presently one of the gaping and
adoring half-circle of boys ventured a timid question. My lord answered
it. The boys glanced wonderingly at each other and from somewhere fell
the comment: "English cowboy! Well, if that ain't curious." Another
mental note to be preserved for the diary: "Cowboy. Now what might a
cowboy be? Perhaps--" But the viscount perceived that some more
questions were about to be asked; so he worked his way out of the crowd,
released the sleeve, put on the coat and wandered away to seek a humble
and obscure lodging. He found it and went to bed and was soon asleep. In
the morning, he examined his clothes. They were rather assertive, it
seemed to him, but they were new and clean, at any rate. There was
considerable property in the pockets. Item, five one-hundred dollar
bills. Item, near fifty dollars in small bills and silver. Plug of
tobacco. Hymn-book, which refuses to open; found to contain whiskey.
Memorandum book bearing no name. Scattering entries in it, recording in
a spr