He will join you by-and-by after he has taken me to the Grotto.

I sha'n't have any further need of anybody; the first bearer who passes can take me back to the hospital to-morrow morning." Pierre had not interrupted her, and now he simply said: "No, no, Marie, I shall stay.

Like you, I shall spend the night at the Grotto." She opened her mouth to insist and express her displeasure.

But he had spoken those words so gently, and she had detected in them such a dolorous thirst for happiness, that, stirred to the depths of her soul, she stayed her tongue.
"Well, well, my children," replied her father, "settle the matter between you.

I know that you are both very sensible.