7:30, but the guests were always a quarter of an hour late. . . . Our guide in Naples was a rather sullen American, and we learned today that he was formerly a very rich man. His father died seven years ago, and left him a fortune, but he ran through with it, and is now a guide, at $2 a day. He spent most of his money in Monte Carlo, at the gambling-tables. This information I get from the newspaper scholar, quoted above, who is an old traveler. He says he knows the guide well, but refused to give me his name. I have the guide's card, but the newspaper scholar says it is not his real name.
Sunday, May 11.—The bad weather continues, and
we cannot take our usual walks. We sit in a protected
place on the upper deck, wrapped in rugs, and talk
about getting home. Adelaide has decided that she
does not care to remain in New York long; that she
wants to get home as soon as possible; so if we reach
that city Thursday night, as expected, Friday afternoon
will see us on a railroad train headed westward..,.
While on the Pacific ocean, I met a life insurance
man named Adams, who told me that he traveled
constantly, and that his expenses, afloat and ashore,
averaged $11 a day. He kept no expense account, he
said; at the end of the year he charged the company
$11 a day for expenses, and that was almost exactly
what he spent. Today I made a calculation, and
found that the present trip has cost us $11 a day each,
almost to a penny. So if you want to know what
traveling costs, here is an estimate you may depend
