11/27 You've never seen that kind of thing yourself ?" "I'm not going to cut my throat or turn monk either." "No. There are so many steamboats and railways now that travelling seems easier. Suppose you go as far as St.Petersburg, and see if that does you any good. If it don't, you needn't go on, because it will be hopeless. If it does,--why, you can come back, because the second journey will do the rest." "There never was anything, John, that wasn't matter for chaff with you." "And I hope there never will be. |