"Yes. I would rather see cities. Where do you live when you are at home?"
"In New York."
"That is a wonderful city, isn't it?"
"Yes."
"I expect it is a great deal larger than Denver?"
"Yes; forty or fifty times as large."
At this time Denver probably had a population of less than thirty thousand.
Ben Boone's eyes opened.
"And I suppose there are some grand buildings?" he said, inquiringly.