"Decidedly. You seldom enjoy a finer one here in New York, I suppose?"
"O, I don't know about that. The weather here is usually pretty fair. Are you a stranger, sir, in New York, allow me to ask?"
"Not a stranger exactly, but not a resident. I have been here considerably, off and on—enough to know the city pretty well, I reckon."
"That's my case exactly, for the last few years, though I formerly resided here for a while. A pretty stirring place to get into, if one knows all the avenues of business or pleasure, sir."
"Surely, but I have never had occasion to learn much of these."
"Well, I too have only a limited acquaintance here, yet I always find my way around without much difficulty—generally going about with some friends, of whom I have a few here, formerly from my native State, Connecticut."
"Ah, Connecticut? Do you know anything about Hartford? Perhaps you are from there?"
"Yes, sir, that is my native place, and a pleasant little city 'tis. Great deal of wealth and refinement there, sir."
"Yes, I know it. I had a cousin from Arkansas there, at Trinity College, some years ago, and a gay boy, too, was Bill Sebastian" (if I rightly remember the name he gave). "I visited him there during his collegiate course, and spent a delightful week. Old Sam Colt was a trifle gay—wasn't he? Well, we had a jolly time with him one night, and several more of the jolly men of Hartford, in rooms at the old City Hotel. You know where that is?"
"Of course; and it has witnessed many a festive meeting. The Trinity boys always go there for their fun."