He was rather surprised, but he reflected that Mrs.Vivian had not proposed to spend her life on the banks of the Oos, and that people were leaving Baden every day in the year.

In the evening, at the Kursaal, he met Captain Lovelock, who was wandering about with an air of explosive sadness.
"Damn it, they 're going--yes, they 're going," said the Captain, after the two young men had exchanged a few allusions to current events.
"Fancy their leaving us in that heartless manner! It 's not the time to run away--it 's the time to keep your rooms, if you 're so lucky as to have any.

The races begin next week and there 'll be a tremendous crowd.
All the grand-ducal people are coming.

Miss Evers wanted awfully to see the Grand Duke, and I promised her an introduction.

I can't make out what Mrs.Vivian is up to.