travelling, a man must carry half the entertainment along with him.

"'Listen,' said he, 'and you will hear more of the uses and advantages
of travel.'

"Mr. Theobald at that instant was speaking to Lord Bolsover.

"'I will just tell you what I did. Brussels, Frankfort, Berlin, Vienna,
Munich, Milan, Naples and Paris; and all that in two months. No man has
ever done it in less.'

"'That's a fast thing; but I think I could have done it,' said Lord
Bolsover, 'with a good courier. I had a fellow once, who could ride a
hundred miles a day for a fortnight.'

"'I came from Vienna to Calais,' said young Leighton, 'in less time than
the Government courier. No other Englishman ever did that.'

"'Hem! I am not sure of that,' said Lord Bolsover; 'but I'll just tell
you what I have done--from Rome to Naples in nineteen hours; a fact,
upon my honour--and from Naples to Paris in six days.'

"'Partly by sea?'

"'No! all by land;' replied Lord Bolsover, with a look of proud
satisfaction.

"'I'll just tell you what I did,' Mr. Leighton chimed in again, 'and I
think it is a devilish good plan--it shows what one can do. I went
straight an end, as fast as I could, to what was to be the end of my