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What did members​ discuss at the dining table?{ the canterville ghost}

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The subjects discussed in the ordinary conversation among the members, at the table, formed those which cultured Americans of better class would have. They included the immense superiority of Miss Fanny Devonport over Sarah Bernhardt as an actress, the difficulty of obtaining green corn, buckwheat cakes, and hominy, ​importance of Boston in the development of the world-soul, the advantages of the baggage-check system in railway travelling, and the sweetness of the New York accent as compared to the London drawl. There wasn't any mention of the Supernatural or Canterville ghost.

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The conversation was about the ordinary topics of the Americans of the better class , such as the immense superiority of Miss Fanny Devonport over Sarah Bernhardt as as actress ; the difficulty of obtaining green corn , buckwheat , cakes and oats , even in the best English houses ; the importance of Boston in the development of the world-soul ; the advantages of the baggage - check system at railway travelling ; and the sweetness of New York accent as compared to the London drawl (talking slowly). They did not mention any talk about any supernatural thing nor of Sir Simon , the ghost.
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