"How far is it from here to Franconia?" said Antonio to the girls.
They looked at him as if surprised, but at first they did not answer.
"Do you know?" said Antonio, speaking again.
"Haven't you just come from Franconia?" said one of the girls.
"Yes," said Antonio.
"Then I should think that you would know yourself," said she.
"No," said Antonio, "I don't know. I have been walking about two hours; but I don't know how far it is."
"I believe it is about five miles," said the youngest girl.
"Then I have come two miles and a half an hour," said Antonio. "It is twenty miles more that I have got to go."
Then he made a calculation in his mind, and found that if he should have to walk all the way, he should not reach the end of his journey till about eleven o'clock, allowing one hour to stop for supper and rest.