I am very ill.

I have a fever on me, and that's truth." She moved towards the door, but before she had reached it there came a knocking on the street door below.
Clementina stopped; Chateaudoux looked out of the window.
"It is the Prince's carriage," said he.
"I will not see him," exclaimed Clementina.
"My child, you must," said her mother, "if only for the last time." "Each time he comes it is for the last time, yet the next day sees him still in Innspruck.

My patience and my courtesy are both outworn.
Besides, to-day, now that I have heard this great news we have waited for--how long?
Oh, mother, oh, mother, I cannot! I shall betray myself." The Princess's mother made an effort.
"Clementina, you must receive him.

I will have it so.

I am your mother.
I will be your mother," she said in a tremulous tone, as though the mere utterance of the command frightened her by its audacity.
Clementina was softened on the instant.