"Would you not like the country?"
"It is out of my reach, Philip. I must do something, you know, to keep even this refuge."
"I think you said you would not be averse to doing something in the line of giving instruction?"
"If I had the right pupils. But there is no chance of that. There are too many competitors. The city is overstocked."
"We were talking of the country."
"Yes, but it is still less possible in the country. I could not find there the sort of teaching I could do. All requisitions of that sort, people expect to have met in the city; and they come to the city for it,"
"I do not speak with certain'ty," said Philip, "but I think I know a place that would suit you. Good air, pleasant country, comfortable quarters, and moderate charges. And if you went there, there is work."
"Where is it?"
"On the Connecticut shore—far down the Sound. Not too far from New
York, though; perfectly accessible."
"Who lives there?"