“Yes.”
“Do you intend to visit the continent?”
“I should like to.”
“But that probably depends upon your traveling companions.”
“I have no traveling companions.”
“Did you come to England alone?” asked Miss Smith, in some surprise.
“No. I was in the company of Professor Puffer.”
“Indeed! I never heard of the gentleman. Is he a professor of Harvard?”
“I don’t think he is connected with any college. I am told that he is interested in antiquities, and has written upon the subject.”
“I should like to meet him,” said the schoolmistress.