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nobility treated Bright Eyes just as they did Pocahontas when she went to England, according to the deference paid to royalty.

I found that among the nobility of England there were many most pronounced radicals, two or three with whom I became acquainted, were really socialists.

Besides the entertainments given to Bright Eyes and myself together, I was invited to two other gatherings where only men were present. I am pretty sure that I was indebted to the radicals for these invitations. At one of these gatherings the Duke of Argyle, besides two or three other Dukes, and Lords, Earls and Baronets, to the number of about sixty were present. I was somewhat embarrassed by their titles, there were so may of them, and I had little to say after the dinner, which was of many courses. There were no formal speeches...but a general conversation followed.... Finally the question of universal education of the common people became a topic, and one of the radicals said that he was sure I had some opinions which they would be delighted to hear.

I replied that I was under some embarrassment on account of the titles of so many distinguished men who were present. I knew nothing about titles, or where to place in a sentence the words, "your grace", or "your lordship",...but if I could be permitted to speak the language of the great plains west of Mississippi where I had so long followed the