It would seem such a liberty to take with a person one had known so slightly in life." "And yet Henry Allegre is the only person to ask about her, after all this uninterrupted companionship of years, ever since he discovered her; all the time, every breathing moment of it, till, literally, his very last breath.

I don't mean to say she nursed him.

He had his confidential man for that.

He couldn't bear women about his person.

But then apparently he couldn't bear this one out of his sight.