“Six months.”
“I suppose you will be able to give a full account of everything when you go back to London?”
“I hope to convince my mother that the money she spent was not wasted.”
“How much do you think it will cost you?”
“The five hundred guineas she gave me, no more.”
“Do you mean to say you are only going to spend five hundred guineas in six months? I can’t believe it.”
“Economy works wonders.”
“I suppose so. How have you done as to letters of introduction in all these countries of which you now know so much?”
“I have had no introductions. I carry an English passport, and let people think that I am English.”
“Aren’t you afraid of getting into bad company?”