'You are nearly forgetting him, and he is quite forgetting you.' 'Yes,' said Paula, affecting carelessness.

'Well, I must get somebody else, I suppose.' X.
They next deviated to Amiens, intending to stay there only one night; but their schemes were deranged by the sudden illness of Charlotte.

She had been looking unwell for a fortnight past, though, with her usual self-abnegation, she had made light of her ailment.

Even now she declared she could go on; but this was said over-night, and in the morning it was abundantly evident that to move her was highly unadvisable.

Still she was not in serious danger, and having called in a physician, who pronounced rest indispensable, they prepared to remain in the old Picard capital two or three additional days.