She glanced up at his face across her brows and forehead, and then he observed a blush creep slowly over her decidedly handsome cheeks.

Her eyes, which had lingered upon him with an inquiring, conscious expression, were hastily withdrawn, and she mechanically applied the cigarette again to her lips.
For a moment he forgot his errand, till suddenly arousing himself he addressed her, formally condoled with her, and made the usual professional inquiries about what had happened to her, and where she was hurt.
"That's what I want you to tell me," she murmured, in tones of indefinable reserve.

"I quite believe in you, for I know you are very accomplished, because you study so hard." "I'll do my best to justify your good opinion," said the young man, bowing.

"And none the less that I am happy to find the accident has not been serious." "I am very much shaken," she said.
"Oh yes," he replied; and completed his examination, which convinced him that there was really nothing the matter with her, and more than ever puzzled him as to why he had been fetched, since she did not appear to be a timid woman.

"You must rest a while, and I'll send something," he said.
"Oh, I forgot," she returned.