‘Why should I take you, or for what?’
‘As guide, counsellor, and friend.’
‘Bright thought, when all the money we can muster between us is only enough for one fare.’
‘Doubtless, first class; but we could go third class, two of us for the same money. Do you imagine that Damon and Pythias would have been separated if it came even to travelling in a cow compartment?’
‘I wish you could see that there are circumstances in life where the comic man is out of place.’
‘I trust I shall never discover them; at least, so long as Fate treats me with “heavy tragedy.”’
‘I’m not exactly sure, either, whether they ‘d like to receive you just now at Kilgobbin.’
‘Inhospitable thought! My heart assures me of a most cordial welcome.’
‘And I should only stay a day or two at farthest.’
‘Which would suit me to perfection. I must be back here by Tuesday if I had to walk the distance.’