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12 THE DURBAR
was a typical American girl, beautifully dressed,
and knew to a nicety how to put on her clothes.
She had a pronounced Southern accent; but she
took the boat by storm. We called her the
" Gibson Girl." One day a gallant colonel was
chatting to a clever artist. C. A. said to G. C,
"" There goes a beautiful woman!" G. C, who
had great habits of ladies' society, said, "I quite
agree with you," and bravely set out without a
word to storm the citadel. Within five minutes
he was in the midst of an earnest conversation
which lasted for four days, and for four days
we saw nothing more of the colonel. He was
occupied. That started interest in the Gibson
Girl; but the other men were less bold than
the colonel. They used to come in swarms, and
beg him to introduce them, bribing him by choice
cigars and all other conceivable means. It was
useless. The colonel was obdurate, and refused
to introduce to her a living soul. It was only
on the day before we arrived at Bombay that
there was a general introduction to her ; and that
was at a dance, when the colonel was powerless.
A well-known conjuror, an old gentleman, came
on at Aden. We all clustered round him on deck.
Every one on the boat was there, and every one was
was a typical American girl, beautifully dressed,
and knew to a nicety how to put on her clothes.
She had a pronounced Southern accent; but she
took the boat by storm. We called her the
" Gibson Girl." One day a gallant colonel was
chatting to a clever artist. C. A. said to G. C,
"" There goes a beautiful woman!" G. C, who
had great habits of ladies' society, said, "I quite
agree with you," and bravely set out without a
word to storm the citadel. Within five minutes
he was in the midst of an earnest conversation
which lasted for four days, and for four days
we saw nothing more of the colonel. He was
occupied. That started interest in the Gibson
Girl; but the other men were less bold than
the colonel. They used to come in swarms, and
beg him to introduce them, bribing him by choice
cigars and all other conceivable means. It was
useless. The colonel was obdurate, and refused
to introduce to her a living soul. It was only
on the day before we arrived at Bombay that
there was a general introduction to her ; and that
was at a dance, when the colonel was powerless.
A well-known conjuror, an old gentleman, came
on at Aden. We all clustered round him on deck.
Every one on the boat was there, and every one was