"Do you like the hotel I chose?" he began.

"Everything is very nice."

"And you are not sorry to be here?"

"Not in one way. In another I can't understand how I come to be here
at all."

"Your physician has ordered it."

"Yes--so I suppose it's all right."

"There's one thing I'm obliged to speak of. Do you understand French
money?"

Eve averted her face, and spoke after a slight delay.

"I can easily learn."

"Yes. You shall take this Paris guide home with you. You'll find all
information of that sort in it. And I shall give you an envelope
containing money--just for your private use. You have nothing to
do with the charges at the hotel."

"I've brought it on myself; but I feel more ashamed than I can tell
you."

"If you tried to tell me I shouldn't listen. What you have to do now
is to get well. Very soon you and Patty will be able to find your