"I wonder what would have happened if Columbus had not discovered America?" said the Bibliomaniac, as the company prepared to partake of the morning meal.
"He would have gone home disappointed," said the Idiot, with a look of surprise on his face, which seemed to indicate that in his opinion the Bibliomaniac was very dull-witted not to have solved the problem for himself. "He would have gone home disappointed, and we would now be foreigners, like most other Americans. Mr. Pedagog would doubtless be instructing the young scions of the aristocracy of Tipperary, Mr. Whitechoker would be Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bibliomaniac would be raising bulbs in Holland, and——"
"THE BIBLIOMANIAC WOULD BE RAISING BULBS"
"And you would be wandering about with the other wild men of Borneo at the present time," put in the School-Master.
"No," said the Idiot. "Not quite. I should be dividing my time up between Holland, France, Switzerland, and Spain."
"You are an international sort of Idiot, eh?" queried the Lawyer, with a chuckle at his own wit.