"Never close! What do you mean?" said Wyeth.
"What I say," from the other.
"And still I do not understand you," said Wyeth. And then added: "What time do they open in the morning?"
"They do not close at night; therefore, they do not have to go to the trouble of opening in the morning."
"Uh huh!"
"There are saloons here that boast of having not closed since before the Revolutionary War."
"Good night!" Wyeth laughed. "Something historical down here!"
"You'll learn more when you have been here a while. This is the city of history—American history. We turn here."
And Wyeth came to see for himself. They were crossing the wide street now, and went up another that was as wide, but no cars ran up that way.
"This is Basin court," said the other, as they paused outside of a two-story structure, that opened its doors upon the street.