"When I saw you on the road to Oxford, I was only just recovered."
"Only just recovered! You did not look ill; but I remember you had your veil down, so I really did not see your face."
"So, so; wearing her veil down is a common thing with her—is it? I am glad she is so considerate."
These jokes, however, had their use; for they tended to keep under the indulgence of feelings which required to be restrained in both of us, in the presence of others.
"But, when were you first seized, Helen? and what brought on your fever?" said Seymour, as if urged by some secret consciousness.
You will not wonder that I blushed, and even stammered, as I answered, "I was not quite well when I saw you in the church—and—and——"
"And what?"
"I was seized that night, and when my mother returned, she found me very ill indeed!"
"That night!" Here he started from his seat.
"Ah Fanny!" cried Mr. Ridley, "you would buy them! I always objected to them."