Never again, during all his life, did he actually see any more of Eleanor, and the probability is that he never will, either here or elsewhere.
Three days later Godfrey received a letter from the doctor, saying that Miss Ogilvy wished to see him, and that he recommended him not to delay his visit.

Having obtained the permission of the Pasteur, he went in at once by the diligence, and on arrival at the villa, where evidently he was expected, was shown up to a bedroom which commanded a beautiful view of the lake and Mount Pilatus.

Here a nurse met him and told him that he must not stay long; a quarter of an hour at the outside.

He asked how Mademoiselle was, whereon she answered with an expressive shrug: "Soon she will be further from the earth than the top of that mountain." Then she took him to another smaller room, and there upon the bed, looking whiter than the sheets, lay his friend.

She smiled very sweetly when she caught sight of him.
"Dear Godfrey," she said, "it is kind of you to come.