CHAPTER VI.
The Baron expressed no further wish for instruction, but, instead, he began to show a desire for society.
“Doesn’t one fool suffice?” his friend asked.
“Ach, yes, my vise fool; ha, ha, ha! Bot sometimes I haf ze craving for peoples, museec, dancing—in vun vord, society, Bonker!”
“But this is not the season, Baron. You wouldn’t mix with any but the best society, would you?”
“Zere are some nobles in town. In my paper I see Lord zis, Duke of zat, in London. Pairhaps my introdogtions might be here now.”
This suggestion seemed to strike Mr Bunker unfavourably.
“My company is beginning to pall, is it, Baron?”
“Ach, no, dear Bonker! I vould merely go out jost vunce or tvice. Haf you no friends now in town?”
An idea seemed to seize Mr Bunker.