CHAPTER XI.
THE PORTRESS'S CABINET.
It was summer and very hot.

Georgette, the youngest of Madame Beck's children, took a fever.

Desiree, suddenly cured of her ailments, was, together with Fifine, packed off to Bonne-Maman, in the country, by way of precaution against infection.

Medical aid was now really needed, and Madame, choosing to ignore the return of Dr.Pillule, who had been at home a week, conjured his English rival to continue his visits.

One or two of the pensionnaires complained of headache, and in other respects seemed slightly to participate in Georgette's ailment.