But," he added, studying her, "you do not look very well." She smiled rather pathetically, and said in a quick voice: "No, I took a cold on that journey.

You see I am rather an invalid, which is why I live here--while I do live--what they call _poitrinaire_." Godfrey shook his head, the word was beyond him.
"_Anglice_ consumptive," she explained.

"There are lots of us in Switzerland, you know, and on the whole, we are a merry set.

It is characteristic of our complaint.

But never mind about me.