"Would she be fit to travel," he asked, "if we put off the marriage for a month ?" "She shall be fit to travel, barring accidents," said the physician, "if you can put off the marriage for a fortnight.

I start this evening on my return to Munich, and not a day shall pass without my seeing her." Mr.Keller appealed to Mrs.Wagner.

"Surely, we might make this trifling sacrifice ?" he said.

"The pleasure of seeing her nephew married is likely to be the last pleasure of my sister's life." "In your place," said Mrs.Wagner, "I should not hesitate for an instant to grant the fortnight's delay.

But the bride and bridegroom must be consulted, of course." "And the bride's parents," suggested the discreet physician, "if they are still living." "There is only her mother living," said Mr.Keller.