“Yes, certainly a judicious change might be advisable.”
“You said a dry climate. I wish to do to the letter what you recommend.”
“You have always been model patients.”
“We wish to be. You said a dry climate.”
“Did I? I rather forget the particulars of our conversation. But a dry climate is certainly indicated.”
“Which one?”
“Well, I think really that a patient should be allowed some latitude. I must not exact too rigid discipline. There is room for individual choice—the Engadine, Central Europe, Egypt, Algiers, which you like.”
“I hear that Tangier is also recommended.”
“Oh, yes, certainly; it is very dry.”
“You hear, Ida? Sir William says that you are to go to Tangier.”