"So unnatural, you know," said Miss Dawkins; "so opposed to the
fostering principles of creation. Don't you think so, Mr. Ingram?"
Mr. Ingram said he didn't know. He was again seating Miss Damer on her
donkey, and it must be presumed that he performed this feat clumsily;
for Fanny Damer could jump on and off the animal with hardly a finger
to help her, when her brother or her father was her escort; but now,
under the hands of Mr. Ingram, this work of mounting was one which
required considerable time and care. All which Miss Dawkins observed
with precision.
"It's all very well talking," said Mr. Damer, bringing up his donkey
nearly alongside that of Mr. Ingram, and ignoring his daughter's
presence, just as he would have done that of his dog; "but you must
admit that political power is more equally distributed in England than
it is in America."
"Perhaps it is," said Mr. Ingram; "equally distributed among, we will
say, three dozen families," and he made a feint as though to hold in
his impetuous donkey, using the spur, however, at the same time on the
side that was unseen by Mr.
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