Chapter 42 QUESTIONS OF VISION

"I am getting on, you know," said Nicky Ruan. "At twenty-two-nearly twenty-three-a fellow isn't as young as he was. And I don't want to stick here till I'm too old to enjoy seeing the world."

"What should you consider too old, Nicky?" asked Ishmael.

Nicky hesitated; he made a rapid calculation in his head, and arriving at the fact that his fa