"I cannot say that; but things are so different according to circumstances; and there is so great a change going on continually in the character of the people."
"How do you feel about leaving behind you all the arts and refinements and delights of taste in the old world?"
"Will you look over the side of the ship, Mr. Amos?—down below there—do you see anything?"
"Dolphin—," said Mr. Amos.
"What do you think of them?"
"Beautiful!" said Mr. Amos. "Beautiful, undoubtedly! as brilliant as if they had just come out of the jeweller's shop, polished silver. How clear the water is! I can see them perfectly—far below."
"Isn't the sea better than a jeweller's shop?"
"I never thought of it before," said Mr. Amos laughing; "but it certainly is; though I think it is the first time the comparison has been made."
"Did you ever go to Tenby?"
"I never did."