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`` Here , '' she added in a totally unexpected accent of feeling , `` it is very beautiful , very big . I thought all the world was like St. James or Versailles . I 've never been to Poland , my mother 's family came from there to Paris , but I 'm told they have forests and such things , too . This is different from Annapolis , that is only an echo of London , but here -- '' she gazed far beyond him into the profound noon . He recovered slowly from the surprise of her unlooked for speech , attitude . Howat studied her frankly , leaning forward with his elbows on his knees . Her discontent was paramount .