THE TRUTH ABOUT THE GIPSIES I felt lonely after losing my companion, and I met nobody to take his place.

In fact, for a couple of hours I met nothing worth mentioning, male or female, with the exception of a gipsy caravan, which I suppose was both; but it was a poor show.

Borrow would have blushed for it.

In fact, it is my humble opinion that the gipsies have been overdone, just as the Alps have been over-climbed.

I have no great desire to see Switzerland, for I am sure the Alps must be greasy with being climbed.
Besides, the Alps and the gipsies, in common with waterfalls and ruined castles, belong to the ready-made operatic poetry of the world, from which the last thrill has long since departed.