He did not answer, but walked by her side into town.
"Do you take ill with the smell of tobacco?" he asked, taking his pipe from his pocket.
"Not in the least."
"Have you been doing any more botanising?"
"I have not had time. Thank you so much for sending me that box of treasures. Some of them interested me greatly."
"I thought you would like them. Will you be able to come again some day, and hunt for yourself?"
"Is not it getting too late in the year?"
"Not for the mosses and lichens and sea-weeds. Have you gone into them at all?"
"Not a bit. They must be extremely interesting, but very difficult."
"Oh, you get hold of the thread in time, especially with the mosses. The Algæ and Fungi are a tremendous subject of course. One can only work a bit on the borders of it. But if you care to come for a few more rambles, I could soon show you the commonest things we have, and a few of the rarer ones."