If he did, I am sure that he would wish to see you now; but the surgeons have insisted so strongly on absolute quiet, that I dare not let him hear of your coming." "I am delighted to learn that he is going on so well, madame.

I sincerely trust that he will not long remain an invalid." "I suppose you would not have recognized me ?" the countess asked.
"I should not, indeed.

Of course, I could do nothing to aid you, and was chiefly occupied by the count.

But indeed, you were then so pale that I might well be excused for not knowing you again." The countess was a very handsome woman, of some seven or eight and thirty, with a noble figure and a gracious air; and bore no resemblance to the almost distraught woman, with her hair falling over her face, whom he had seen before.
"I am not a coward, Mr.Drummond," she said, "and when those villains first ran in and attacked my husband, I struggled desperately with the two who seized me; until I saw him drop, as I believed, dead.

Then my strength suddenly left me, and I should have fallen to the ground, had the men not thrown me back into the chair.