Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilkin
Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilkin
By William Henry Giles Kingston
4 May, 2020
What shall we do with ourselves, my dear Stilkin?" exclaimed Count Funnibos, yawning and stretching out his legs and arms, which were of the longest. "Do! why, travel," answered Baron Stilkin, with a smile on his genial countenance. "Travel! what for
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What shall we do with ourselves, my dear Stilkin?" exclaimed Count Funnibos, yawning and stretching out his legs and arms, which were of the longest. "Do! why, travel," answered Baron Stilkin, with a smile on his genial countenance. "Travel! what for?" asked the Count, yawning again. "To see the world, to be sure," answered the Baron. "The world! why, don't we see it by looking out of the window?" asked the Count. "That's what many people say, and fancy they know the world when they have looked out of their own windows," observed the Baron. "Ah, yes, perhaps you are right: you always are when I happen to be wrong, and you differ from me-unless you are wrong also," replied the Count. "But where shall we go? Less