That is how you first made acquaintance.

A woman who has once taken care of a man she loves wants him to be ever afterwards an invalid, for ever getting better! A man gets tired of that in time.

It was a great pity you left Paris just when I came, for there are many things we could have enjoyed together there." "I daresay," Marcello answered, not paying much attention to the other's words.
"Take my advice, my dear boy," said Folco.

"Come away with me for a few days.

I will wait here till you are quite ready, for of course you cannot be sure of getting off at once.