overcome.

"I dare say," Hilliard continued, "Eve doesn't understand the money
much better than you do. But she'll soon be well enough to talk, and
then I shall explain everything to her. On this piece of paper is my
address; please let Eve have it. I shall call to-morrow morning
again."

He did so, and this time found Eve, as well as her companion, ready
to go out. No remark or inquiry concerning her health passed his
lips; he saw that she was recovering from the crisis she had passed
through, whatever its real nature. Eve shook hands with him, and
smiled, though as if discharging an obligation.

"Can you spare time to show us something of Paris?" she asked.

"I am your official guide. Make use of me whenever it pleases you."

"I don't feel able to go very far. Isn't there some place where we
could sit down in the open air?"

A carriage was summoned, and they drove to the Fields Elysian. Eve
benefited by the morning thus spent. She left to Patty most of the
conversation, but occasionally made inquiries, and began to regard
things with a healthy interest. The next day they all visited the
Louvre, for a light rain was falling, and here Hilliard found an
opportunity of private talk with Eve; they sat together whilst
Patty, who cared little for pictures, looked out of a window at the
Seine.