"Was I—was it for long?" she asked.
"It was longer than we liked," said the nurse; "of course, you had no idea of what was happening to you. We tried everything."
"I know that a great deal happened," she said; "let me see the doctor before I go."
The Last Lesson
[CONTENTS]THE CASTLE ON THE DUNES
I saw much of my friend as the years hurried by us; years in which I seemed to myself to lag shamefully, sometimes, and win nothing new out of life, but from which she drew fresh vigour of spirit with every season.