"Dear friend," she stammered, "I quite agree with you." "Promise, then." "Not to let Josephine go to Frejus ?" said Rose hastily.

"Oh, yes! I promise." "You are a good girl," said Aubertin.

"You have a will of your own.

But you can submit to age and experience." The doctor then kissed her, and bade her farewell.
"I leave for Paris at six in the morning," he said.

"I will not try your patience or hers unnecessarily.