‘case’ — pardon the word — interests me deeply. Where do you wish to go?”
“To Bruges, of course.”
He seemed a little surprised that I should ask the question.
“Bruges,” he went on, “that dear and wonderful old city of Flanders, is the place of my birth. You have visited it?”
“No,” I said, “but I have often heard that it is the most picturesque city in Europe, and I should like to see it awfully.”
“There is nothing in the world like Bruges,” he said. “Bruges the Dead they call it; a fit spot in which to die.”
“If you talk like that I shall reconsider my decision.”