first time; do pray come in, and wish him joy of his recovery; he will be very glad I am sure to see you."
"Permit me, Madam (said de Sevignie, who on her first appearance had risen, though with evident tremor and difficulty), permit me, Madam, (advancing to her) at least to have an opportunity of thanking you for your humane attention to a stranger. Oh, to the daughter suffer me to express what to the father I am forbade—my warm, my fervent sense of the obligations which both have conferred upon me."
"You rate much too highly, sir (said Madeline, raising her eyes from the ground), any little attentions we had the power of paying you."
"See, Monsieur (cried Janette, taking the basket from Madeline's arm, and uncovering it), how good Mam'selle is to you, what nice things she has brought you: do pray come in, Mam'selle, and take some refreshment; Monsieur, I dare say, will be very glad to have you sit a bit with him."
