_Brown._ You're looking extremely well.
_Jones._ Never fitter!
_Brown._ Took a run to Paris, eh?
_Jones._ No. Saw French play, though.
_Brown._ Went to seaside or river, eh?
_Jones._ No. Can't stand expensive discomfort. I had some decent
boating, though.
_Brown._ Went for inland scenery?
_Jones._ No; although I sauntered under noble trees, and got some
magnificent views.
_Brown._ Switzerland? Italy?
_Jones._ No time for long journeys. I enjoyed fine air, and walked
twenty miles a day; studied fine Old Masters, and enjoyed a stroll in a
museum which has no equal.
_Brown._ Really!! Then, in the name of wonder, _where_ have you been
staying?
_Jones._ In London.
[_Farewells exchanged, and exeunt._
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