Two of the summer boarders still lingered behind the rest, prisoners for lack of a remittance; they were both English, but one of them spoke French pretty fluently, and was, besides, a humorous, agile-minded fellow, with whom the Doctor could reason by the hour, secure of comprehension.

Many were the glasses they emptied, many the topics they discussed.
'Anastasie,' the Doctor said on the third morning, 'take an example from your husband, from Jean-Marie! The excitement has done more for the boy than all my tonics, he takes his turn as sentry with positive gusto.

As for me, you behold me.

I have made friends with the Egyptians; and my Pharaoh is, I swear it, a most agreeable companion.

You alone are hipped.