"Well, I am actually shivering! It is true though, that I am very unwell.

Waiting is unbearable to me, it acts upon my nerves; and I have been waiting for you ever since yesterday." "It was quite impossible for me to come," explained Noel, "quite impossible!" "You knew, however," continued the lady, "that to-day was my settling day; and that I had several heavy accounts to settle.

The tradesmen all came, and I had not a half-penny to give them.

The coachmaker sent his bill, but there was no money.

Then that old rascal Clergot, to whom I had given an acceptance for three thousand francs, came and kicked up a frightful row.