“At New York.”
“New York is a big place, sir, I expect?”
“Yes, very big.”
“Big as New Orleans, is it, sir?”
“Yes, much bigger.”
“Bigger ’n New Orleans? It must be a bully city.”
“Yes; the largest in America.”
“Sickly there now, sir?”
“No, not now; it is sometimes.”
“Like New Orleans, I suppose?”