I gratified my curiosity.

Must I make my confession plainer still?
Must I acknowledge that I was mean enough to listen on the other side of the door?
I heard my dear innocent old aunt say: "Doctor! I hope you don't see anything alarming in the state of Bertha's health." The doctor burst out laughing.

"My dear madam! there is nothing in the state of the young lady's health which need cause the smallest anxiety to you or to me.

The object of my visit is to justify myself for presenting those two gentlemen to you yesterday.

They are both greatly struck by Miss Bertha's beauty, and they both urgently entreated me to introduce them.