She looked at the railway time-table which was hung up in one of the passages of the inn, and saw the hour of the departure of the diligence from Remiremont to catch the train at Mulhouse for Basle.

When that hour was passed, the conveyance of her letter was insured, and then she must show the copy to her uncle.

He came into the house about twelve, and eat his dinner with his wife in the little chamber.
Marie, who was in and out of the room during the time, would not sit down with them.

When pressed to do so by her uncle, she declared that she had eaten lately and was not hungry.

It was seldom that she would sit down to dinner, and this therefore gave rise to no special remark.