“Yes; a very wild and lovely country, I believe.”
“With mountains and valleys and flowers?”
“Oh, yes, a glorious place.”
“And when are you going?”
“I was going within a few days, my boy,” said the professor kindly; “but—”
“Is it warm and sunshiny there, sir?”
“Very.”
“In winter?”
“Oh, yes, in the valleys; in the mountains there is eternal snow.”
“But it is warm in the winter?”