Volume III Part 69 (1/2)
”I would go with you to the end of the world, all the more as you are now sick and sad, and when I saw you first you were blithe and well If I must leave you, I hope at least to see you happy first”
The doctor came in just then to tell me that my poor Spaniard was so ill that he could not leave his bed
”I will have hi to dine there the day after to-h it's only a seven leagues' journey, he cannot possibly undertake it as he has lost the use of all his limbs”
”I am sorry to hear that, doctor”
”I dare say, but it's true”
”II went to see Le Duc
I found the poor rascal, as the doctor had said, incapable of ue and his eyes
”You are in a pretty state,” said I to hih otherwise I feel quite well”
”I expect so, but as it is you can't move, and I want to dine at Berne the day after to-et cured”
”You are right, I will have you carried in a litter”
”I shall look like a saint out for a walk”
I told one of the servants to look after him, and to see to all that was necessary for our departure I had him taken to the ”Falcon” by two horses who drew his litter
Lebel caave ht his receipts and I paid everything without objection, as I found him an entirely honest man, and I had him to dinner with Madame Dubois and lad to see that they got on without me; they talked away ad in wit He said he was very glad I had given hi the housekeeper, as he could not say he had known her before, having only seen her two or three ti from the table he askedin her voice, called on hiood-naturedhis fiftieth year Just as he was going, without asking my leave, he embraced her in the French fashi+on, and she seehtest objection
She told ht be useful to her, and that she was delighted to enter into a correspondence with hi in order for our short journey, and Le Duc went off in his litter, intending to rest for the night at four leagues fro, after I had remembered the door-keeper, the cook, and the e with the char Dubois, and at eleven o'clock I arrived at the inn at Berne, where Le Duc had precededthe habits of Swiss innkeepers, I reement with the landlord; and I then told the servant I had kept, who caoodto cure him completely
I dined with , and after sending my letter to M de Muralt I went out for a walk
CHAPTER XVII
Berne--La Mata Madame de la Saone--Sara--My Departure-- Arrival at Bale
I reached an elevation from which I could look over a vast stretch of country watered by a little river, and noticing a path leading to a kind of stair, the fancy took me to follow it I went down about a hundred steps, and found forty sfellow came up to me, and asked me if I would like a bath I said I would, and he opened one of the closets, and before long I surrounded by a crowd of young girls
”Sir,” said theyou while you bathe; you have only to choose which it shall be Half-a-croill pay for the bath, the girl, and your coffee”