"Oh, nothing, I'm sure," Ellen answered.
"Very well, then, we can easily put it aside. Henry, what was it you said to-day at noon about going away?"
"I said that I was going with a newspaper excursion to Mexico."
"Oh, surely, not so far as that!" Mrs. Witherspoon exclaimed.
"It won't take long, mother."
"No, but it's so far; and I should think that you've had enough of that country."
"I've never been in Mexico."
"Oh, well, all those countries down there are just the same, and I should think that when you have seen one your first impression is that you don't want to see another."
"They are restful at any rate," he replied.
"But can't you rest nearer home?"