At any rate, we shall not arrive till the end of next week." I began to calculate.

During that strange interview in the chapel, Heliobas had said that in eight days more I should be strong enough to undergo the transmigration he had promised to effect upon me.

Those eight days were now completed on this very morning.

I was glad of this; for I did not care to see Mrs.Everard or anyone till the experiment was over.

The other letter I received was from Mrs.Challoner, who asked me to give an "Improvisation" at the Grand Hotel that day fortnight.
When I went down to breakfast, I mentioned both these letters, and said, addressing myself to Heliobas: "Is it not rather a sudden freak of Raffaello Cellini's to leave Cannes?
We all thought he was settled for the winter there.