"America, I see." He chuckled, because what an extraordinarily endearing manner of calling the United States by. Quite 'American', at that, to forget that that was the name more aptly given to the continents. In French, the word 'America' did not appear at all in the country's title, though luckily, Joly had less prejudice than his peers against Americans, so to speak-- be they from the United States, or simply America.
"And yet; am I not wrong in saying that young America does not yet have legs that stretch out to the west coast?" And, in case it were rude of him not to ask earlier, him being a hero of their ilk and such: "Are you related to Washington, then?"
He cannot say he has spent much time in the company of Americans, not enough to grow knowledgable of the vastly changed geography, or even of familial ties.
Joly, when they arrive, does hand her bag out-- but persists in holding it. The ground will dirty it, and handing it to her would be rude. So he meant to hold it out, while she took what she needed from it.
"To live? I was very careful. To make a living? Ah! I fell into debt. Or, that is to say, I was a medical student." With a wink. "The Universities will bleed you before they let you know how to sew up the wounds, let me put it that way." He'd been well off enough to avoid real debt, but he had not quite had a steady income, either. "Some little medical works kept me in bread and wine, and ultimately the goal was full-fledged doctor, of course, and a practice in the South. Instead, I share a clinic here now. And you, my dear?"
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"And yet; am I not wrong in saying that young America does not yet have legs that stretch out to the west coast?" And, in case it were rude of him not to ask earlier, him being a hero of their ilk and such: "Are you related to Washington, then?"
He cannot say he has spent much time in the company of Americans, not enough to grow knowledgable of the vastly changed geography, or even of familial ties.
Joly, when they arrive, does hand her bag out-- but persists in holding it. The ground will dirty it, and handing it to her would be rude. So he meant to hold it out, while she took what she needed from it.
"To live? I was very careful. To make a living? Ah! I fell into debt. Or, that is to say, I was a medical student." With a wink. "The Universities will bleed you before they let you know how to sew up the wounds, let me put it that way." He'd been well off enough to avoid real debt, but he had not quite had a steady income, either. "Some little medical works kept me in bread and wine, and ultimately the goal was full-fledged doctor, of course, and a practice in the South. Instead, I share a clinic here now. And you, my dear?"