"If you come on a matter of business," she proceeded, "you may trust me to understand you, sir, though I am only a woman.

If your visit relates to private affairs, I beg to suggest that you should write to Mr.Keller--I will take care that he receives your letter the moment he returns." "There is not the least necessity for my troubling you," the stranger replied.

"I am a physician; and I have been summoned to Frankfort to consult with my colleagues here, on a serious case of illness.

Mr.
Keller's sister is one of my patients in Munich.

I thought I would take the present opportunity of speaking to him about the state of her health." He had just introduced himself in those words, when Mr.Keller entered the room.