Besides, there are some people I know there.
But I want you to go with me, and if you would rather not go to Baden-Baden, we can go somewhere else.

I really think we ought to become better acquainted, and I may prevail on you to go with me to New York." Claudius was silent, and he blew a great cloud of smoke.

What sort of a travelling companion would Mr.Barker be for him?
Could there be a greater contrast to his own nature?
And yet he felt that he would like to observe Mr.Barker.He felt drawn to him without knowing why, and he had a presentiment that the American would drag him out of his quiet life into a very different existence.

Mr.Barker, on the other hand, possessed the showman's instinct.

He had found a creature who, he was sure, had the elements of a tremendous lion about town; and having found him, he meant to capture him and exhibit him in society, and take to himself ever after the credit of having unearthed the handsome, rich, and talented Dr.Claudius from a garret in Heidelberg.