In this state of uncertainty I may claim the merit of having arrived, so far as my own future conduct was concerned, at one positive conclusion.

As strangers he and I had first met.

As strangers I was determined we should remain.
Having made up my mind, so far, the next thing to do (with the clock on the mantel-piece striking midnight) was to go to bed.
I slept badly.

The events that had happened, since my arrival in England, had excited me I suppose.

Now and then, in the wakeful hours of the night, I thought of Cristel with some anxiety.