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pose, and that the different lines go on after the crossing 

 much as before." 



Just at this time a neatly but plainly dressed woman 

 came along the walk, having a little leathern bag hanging 

 by her side. She advanced to Lawrence, and held out her 

 hand for the money to pay for the chairs. 



" How much ?" asked Lawrence. 



" Two pence," said the woman or, rather, as she pro- 

 nounced it, "tuppence." 



Lawrence gave her the money, and she went away. 



" I thought they were only a penny apiece," said John. 



" That's for the common chairs," said Lawrence. " We 

 have taken arm-chairs, and so have made ourselves first- 

 class people. 



"We might as well have taken the common chairs," said 

 John ; " they would have been just as good for us to sit 

 here and see the ducks." 



"Exactly," said Lawrence; "only then we should have 

 marked ourselves as second-class people. Every thing is 

 managed in England on the principle of social classifica- 

 tion. When other people don't class you, you have to 

 class yourself. Americans almost always prefer to pay 

 the difference, rather than make themselves second-class 

 people. But the English don't care so much ; they are 

 used to such distinctions." 



"I don't care much," said John. 



"The difference does not amount to much in such a case 

 as this," said Lawrence, "but it is worth thinking of some- 

 times, as, for instance, on a long journey. When we go 

 to Paris, you can save a pound or two, I suppose which 

 would be equal to five or ten dollars by going second 

 class, and so have that amount to spend for apparatus or 

 books in Paris." 



"Then I'll do it," said John, jumping up suddenly from 



