"Mr. Maxwell?" interposed Kaituna, quickly. "Oh, yes! he said that he had visited Auckland on his way to Sydney--but you can't tell New Zealand from one city."
"Ex pede Herculem," said the classical Toby, "which, being translated means--by the foot shall ye know the head."
"Auckland isn't the head of New Zealand. It was, but now Wellington is the capital. The city of wooden match-boxes built in a draughty situation."
"How unpatriotic."
"Oh, no, I'm not, Mr. Clendon. But I reserve my patriotism for Dunedin?"
"You mean Edinburgh.
"I mean the new Edinburgh with the old name, not the old Edinburgh with the new name."
"Epigrammatic, decidedly. This is instructive, Miss Pethram. Do they teach epigram in the schools of Dunedin?"
"And why not? Do you think Oxford and Cambridge monopolise the learning of nations? We also in Dunedin," concluded Kaituna proudly, "have an university."
"To teach the young idea how to shoot--delightful."