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She resented Clay 's interest in the accident , and his pleasure when he had made the machinery right once more , and his appearance as he came back to them with oily hands and with his face glowing from the heat of the furnace , wiping his grimy fingers on a piece of packing . She had resented the equality with which he treated the engineer in asking his advice , and it rather surprised her that the crew saluted him when he stepped into the launch again that night as though he were the owner . She had expected that they would patronize him , and she imagined after this incident that she detected a shade of difference in the manner of the sailors toward Clay , as though he had cheapened himself to them -- as he had to her . At ten o'clock that same evening Clay began to prepare himself for the ball at the Government palace , and MacWilliams , who was not invited , watched him dress with critical approval that showed no sign of envy . The better to do honor to the President , Clay had brought out several foreign orders , and MacWilliams helped him to tie around his neck the collar of the Red Eagle which the German Emperor had given him , and to fasten the ribbon and cross of the Star of Olancho across his breast , and a Spanish Order and the Legion of Honor to the lapel of his coat . MacWilliams surveyed the effect of the tiny enamelled crosses with his head on one side , and with the same air of affectionate pride and concern that a mother shows over her daughter 's first ball-dress . `` Got any more ? ''