"Isn't it glorious!" he said, with an air of including life in general in his encomium.
"You like Pike's Peak better than you did at first," I remarked.
"Like it? I adore it."
"All in three weeks," I murmured, ruefully.
"All in three weeks!"
His tone was positively jubilant, and I could not but admire him. A man who can keep up his spirits at such a time must have a lot of grit.
"Have you told her about the other Lilian?" I asked.
His face fell, and I fancied he was thinking of the twentieth edition. Only nineteen had yet appeared.
"No. I meant to, but it didn't come in naturally."
"You'll have to tell her before long, you know."
"Dick, I wonder how she will take it."
"Poh! she will be pleased as Punch, I
