Europe?


MANLY

Indeed, Sir, I was never ten leagues from the conti-
nent.


DIMPLE

Believe me, Colonel, you have an immense pleasure
to come; and when you shall have seen the brilliant
exhibitions of Europe, you will learn to despise the
amusements of this country as much as I do.


MANLY

Therefore I do not wish to see them; for I can
never esteem that knowledge valuable which tends to
give me a distaste for my native country.


DIMPLE

Well, Colonel, though you have not travelled, you
have read.

MANLY