He breakfasted with a good appetite; and the butler noticed that he was in excellent spirits.

He passed the afternoon in the library, and burnt a pile of papers.
On the Thursday, he again seemed very unwell.

He was scarcely able to go and meet the count.

That evening, after his interview with his father, he went to his room looking extremely ill.

Lubin wanted to run for the doctor: he forbade him to do so, or to mention to any one that he was not well.
Such was the substance of twenty large pages, which the tall clerk had covered with writing, without once turning his head to look at the witnesses who passed by in their fine livery.
M.Daburon managed to obtain this evidence in less than two hours.
Though well aware of the importance of their testimony, all these servants were very voluble.