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 Miss Tesman.

Ah!

Tesman.

I have every expectation of being a professor one of these days.

Miss Tesman.

Oh yes, a professor

Tesman.

Indeed, I may say I am certain of it. But my dear Auntie—you know all about that already!

Miss Tesman.

[Laughing to herself.] Yes, of course I do. You are quite right there. [Changing the subject.] But we were talking about your journey. It must have cost a great deal of money, George?

Tesman.

Well, you see—my handsome travelling-scholarship went a good way.

Miss Tesman.

But I can't understand how you can have made it go far enough for two.

Tesman.

No, that's not so easy to understand—eh?

Miss Tesman.

And especially travelling with a lady—they tell me that makes it ever so much more expensive.

Tesman.

Yes, of course—it makes it a little more expensive. But Hedda had to have this trip, Auntie! She really had to. Nothing else would have done.