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The?visitor?to?the?town?was?certain?to?receive?further?enlightenment,?for?there?was?one?form?of?entertainmentnever?omitted:?he?was?always?patriotically?taken?for?a?little?drive?around?our?city,?even?if?his?host?had?to?hirea?hack,?and?the?climax?of?the?display?was?the?Amberson?Mansion. Look?at?that?greenhouse?theyve?put?upthere?in?the?side?yard,?the?escort?would?continue. And?look?at?that?brick?stable!?Most?folks?would?think?thatstable?plenty?big?enough?and?good?enough?to?live?in;?its?got?running?water?and?four?rooms?upstairs?for?twohired?men?and?one?of?ems?family?to?live?in.?They?keep?one?hired?man?loafin?in?the?house,?and?they?got?amarried?hired?man?out?in?the?stable,?and?his?wife?does?the?washing.?They?got?box-stalls?for?four?horses,?andthey?keep?a?coupay,?and?some?new?kinds?of?fancy?rigs?you?never?saw?the?beat?of! Carts?they?call?two?ofem--way?up?in?the?air?they?are--too?high?for?me!?I?guess?they?got?every?new?kind?of?fancy?rig?in?there?thatsbeen?invented.?And?harness--well,?everybody?in?town?can?tell?when?Ambersons?are?out?driving?after?dark,?bythe?jingle.?This?town?never?did?see?so?much?style?as?Ambersons?are?putting?on,?these?days;?and?I?guess?itsgoing?to?be?expensive,?because?a?lot?of?other?folksll?try?to?keep?up?with?em.?The?Majors?wife?and?thedaughters?been?to?Europe,?and?my?wife?tells?me?since?they?got?back?they?make?tea?there?every?afternoonabout?five?oclock,?and?drink?it.?Seems?to?me?it?would?go?against?a?persons?stomach,?just?before?supper?likethat,?and?anyway?tea?isnt?fit?for?much--not?unless?youre?sick?or?something.?My?wife?says?Ambersons?dontmake?lettuce?salad?the?way?other?people?do;?they?dont?chop?it?up?with?sugar?and?vinegar?at?all.?They?pourolive?oil?on?it?with?their?vinegar,?and?they?have?it?separate--not?along?with?the?rest?of?the?meal.?And?they?eatthese?olives,?too:?green?things?they?are,?something?like?a?hard?plum,?but?a?friend?of?mine?told?me?they?tasteda?good?deal?like?a?bad?hickory-nut.?My?wife?says?shes?going?to?buy?some;?you?got?to?eat?n