I regretted not getting here, of course; but otherwise it was not unpleasant.

They took such capital care of me, you see, and I had a select little library at my command; so, on the whole, I have been in much more disagreeable quarters in my lifetime." Doctor Frank said no more.

He had gained his point, and he was satisfied.
"It is quite clear," he thought.

"By some hocus-pocus, Miss Rose has made his acquaintance during those three weeks, and helped the slow time to pass.

He did not tell her he was her sister's lover, hence the present frigidity.