This was his design, no doubt; otherwise he would have told his sister all.

His delicate consideration for me made him guard as sacred the fact that I had wasted my hope and love so cruelly.
He was not going away again, I soon found; _qui va a la chasse perd sa place_.

He had lost his place, but he would stay and guard me all the same; and the chase for gold seemed given up for good and all.
Kilian was in constant surprise, and made out many catechisms, but he got little satisfaction.
Richard was going to have a few weeks' "rest," unless something should occur to call him back to town.
He sought no interview with me, was kind and silent, but his eye was never off me.

I think he watched his opportunity for saying what he had to say to Mr.Langenau, but such an opportunity seemed destined not to come.
Mr.Langenau was ill the day after Richard came home--quite ill enough to cause alarm.

He had a high fever, and the Doctor even seemed uneasy, and prescribed the profoundest quiet.