And everybody wondering more or less,
Fair Adeline inquired, "If he were ill?"
He started, and said, "Yes—no—rather—yes."
The family physician had great skill,
And being present, now began to express
His readiness to feel his pulse and tell
The cause, but Juan said, he was "quite well."
XXXIII.
"Quite well; yes,—no."—These answers were mysterious,
And yet his looks appeared to sanction both,