Nothing had happened.
"Nothing's likely to happen before next Friday week,--if then." This was wonderfully precise.

Then after a pause she added that she should never forgive herself if some effort were not made, an appeal.
"To your brother ?" I asked.
"Yes.

John ought to go to-morrow.

Nine o'clock train." "So early as that!" I said.

But I could not find it in my heart to pursue this discussion in a jocular tone.