"He is gone in search of fresh pastures of sweets." "Leaving you behind." "Somebody once said that the wisest thing a son could do was to get rid of his father as soon as possible--" "Then Don Giovanni is a wise man," returned Donna Tullia.
"Perhaps.

However, he asked me to accompany him." "You refused ?" "Of course.

Such expeditions are good enough for boys.

I dislike Florence, I am not especially fond of Paris, and I detest the North Pole.
I suppose you have seen from the papers that he is going in that direction?
It is like him, he hankers after originality, I suppose.

Being born in the south, he naturally goes to the extreme north." "He will write you very interesting letters, I should think," remarked Donna Tullia.