“Have you a passport?”
“I don’t know what it is.”
“Write this reply also.”
“What did you say you came to Paris for?”
“I told you I came to Paris to study civilization.”
“To what purpose?”
“Why, to be——civilized.”
“Ah! very well. Have you, besides this thousand francs, the means of existence?”
“By limiting my expenses to ten francs per day, with what I have, I shall be able to live five thousand days,—about fourteen years. Here is my money——”