“Are you really going?”
“Yes, yes. Don’t try to dissuade me; but tell me the way, which must not be either too hot or too cold.”
“Well there is the Hanging way, by the sign of the Rope and Noose.”
“Too stifling.”
“There is a very short cut by the Mortar and Pestle.”
“The Hemlock road,[4] you mean?”
“Exactly so.”
“Too cold and wintry for me.”
“Well; I’ll tell you of a quick road and all downhill.”
“Excellent! for I am not a good walker.”