AFTER WHITSUNTIDE.
Brown. You're looking extremely well.
Jones. Never fitter!
Brown. Took a run to Paris, eh?
Jones. No. Saw French play, though.
Brown. Went to seaside or river, eh?
Jones. No. Can't stand expensive discomfort. I had some decent boating, though.
Brown. Went for inland scenery?
Jones. No; although I sauntered under noble trees, and got some magnificent views.
Brown. Switzerland? Italy?
Jones. No time for long journeys. I enjoyed fine air, and walked twenty miles a day; studied fine Old Masters, and enjoyed a stroll in a museum which has no equal.
Brown. Really!! Then, in the name of wonder, where have you been staying?
Jones. In London.
[Farewells exchanged, and exeunt.