It is generally reckoned that such a trip costs about two pounds an hour while in London.

And yet when a man is away from his _fiancee_ or wife for three whole years, his anxiety to get back, even for a brief day, is easily understood.

The youngsters, however, go for mere caprice--whenever they can obtain leave.

This is not often, for the Admiral has very fixed views upon the matter.
"Your time's soon up, isn't it ?" I remarked, as I lolled back in the easy deck-chair, and gazed away at the white port and its background of purple Apennines.
The dark, good-looking fellow in his smart summer uniform leaned over the bulwark, and said, with a slight sigh, I thought-- "Yes.

This is my last trip to Leghorn, I think.