"Don't you want to see Naples?"
"Of course, but why can't we——" began Mary Lee.
"Do what?"
"I don't know. Make time stand still, I suppose."
"Rome will remain, dear child, and you can come back some day."
"I know, and of course we have been here over two weeks now. Well, mother, I suppose we shall have to go."
"Don't say it so mournfully, my child. You will be delighted with Naples, with Sorrento, Amalfi, Capri, Pompeii."
"Oh, I know it. This earth has more in it than one can well see in a short lifetime. I can't understand how people can ever be bored."
"Like that awful Mrs. Ritchie on the steamer," said Nan; "she didn't know what places there were left to visit for she and her daughter had been everywhere. Shall you ever forget her blasé look and set smile?"