He told her, in reply, that he proposed to go by the route of Soleure, and to stay there a day in order to visit in Gurzelengasse the house where Kosciuszko, the greatest of Poles, had died.

He had thought of this pilgrimage for a long time.

He added: "Still another useless action.

Ah! when shall I improve ?" "Don't improve too much," she said, smiling.

And then he went away.
M.Moriaz returned to the hotel about noon: his guide being engaged elsewhere, he had taken only a short ramble.