And now we have been talking together for a long time, and eleven o'clock will soon strike, so that you must return to the Grotto.
However, I shall expect you, at half-past three, when I will take you to the Medical Verification Office, where I hope I shall be able to show you some surprising things.

Don't forget, at half-past three." Thereupon he sent him off, and remained on the bench alone.

The heat had yet increased, and the distant hills were burning in the furnace-like glow of the sun.

However, he lingered there forgetfully, dreaming in the greeny half-light amidst the foliage, and listening to the continuous murmur of the Gave, as if a voice, a dear voice from the realms beyond, were speaking to him.
Pierre meantime hastened back to Marie.

He was able to join her without much difficulty, for the crowd was thinning, a good many people having already gone off to _dejeuner_.