Here his lordship indulged himself in a very long yawn.
“With a library of more than forty thousand volumes.”
“Is that all?”
“Why, my lord, this is a young country; and, considering all circumstances, I think we have done better than perhaps any other nation would have done in our place.”
“No doubt of it,” replied his lordship.
“Indeed, my lord, I think we can challenge history for a comparison.”
“Just so.”
“And, if we were only left alone, we would do better still: but we are completely overrun by foreign paupers; they come here in herds, while men of high rank” (here he bowed most gracefully) “are but seldom induced to visit our country.”
His lordship gave a slight token of acknowledgement.
“And I trust, my lord, you will not repent of your resolution, and the fatigues of a long and tedious voyage.”