"No, and I never will be!"
"Wait till you are asked!" replied Ralph, laughing triumphantly at this retort.
"Hum!" exclaimed Fanny.
"But you asked about Richmond, did you not, my beauty?"
"Ridiculous!" cried Fanny, laughing; "well, yes, I did."
"A pretty sort of a place," Ralph replied; "but not comparable to
Winchester."
"Indeed—I thought differently."
"That's not to the purpose—you are no judge of cities."
"Hum! I suppose you are."
"Of course!"