Have you ever been there ? '' `` Often , years ago , but I do n't mind having a look at it . '' `` Now tell me all about yourself . The last I heard of you , your grandfather wrote that he expected you from Berlin . '' `` Yes , I spent a month there and then joined him in Paris , where he has settled for the winter . He has friends there and finds plenty to amuse him , so I go and come , and we get on capitally . '' `` That 's a sociable arrangement , '' said Amy , missing something in Laurie 's manner , though she could n't tell what . `` Why , you see , he hates to travel , and I hate to keep still , so we each suit ourselves , and there is no trouble . I am often with him , and he enjoys my adventures , while I like to feel that someone is glad to see me when I get back from my wanderings . Dirty old hole , is n't it ? '' he added , with a look of disgust as they drove along the boulevard to the Place Napoleon in the old city . `` The dirt is picturesque , so I do n't mind . The river and the hills are delicious , and these glimpses of the narrow cross streets are my delight . Now we shall have to wait for that procession to pass . It 's going to the Church of St. John . '' While Laurie listlessly watched the procession of priests under their canopies , white-veiled nuns bearing lighted tapers , and some brotherhood in blue chanting as they walked , Amy watched him , and felt a new sort of shyness steal over her , for he was changed , and she could not find the merry-faced boy she left in the moody-looking man beside her . He was handsomer than ever and greatly improved , she thought , but now that the flush of pleasure at meeting her was over , he looked tired and spiritless -- not sick , nor exactly unhappy , but older and graver than a year or two of prosperous life should have made him . She could n't understand it and did not venture to ask questions , so she shook her head and touched up her ponies , as the procession wound away across the arches of the Paglioni bridge and vanished in the church . `` Que pensez-vous ? '' she said , airing her French , which had improved in quantity , if not in quality , since she came abroad .
`` That mademoiselle has made good use of her time , and the result is charming , '' replied XXXXX , bowing with his hand on his heart and an admiring look .
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