“And the tomb of Napoleon!” said May with calm rapture.
“And Venice!”
“And the Alps!”
“Pompeii!”
“The Nile!”
“Piffle!” grunted Rodney. “What’s the Nile? Ever been down the Missouri and Mississippi? They’ve got the Nile beaten to a thick froth! As for the Alps, why, you could set them down in the Rockies and never be able to find them again! Say, ever see the Grand Canyon, you girls?”
They shook their heads in unison. They did almost everything in unison.
“Well that’s something worth while! You come out in my part of the world and I’ll show you things that’ll make your eyes pop out. You won’t think about Europe after that, nor Africa either!”
“But—but the antiquities!” said Matty.