"I do not complain, Cornelius, she is very kind."
"And she gives you a very good character, and I have assured her she told me nothing new."
He had laid his hand on my shoulder, and he looked into my face with all the kindness of old times. I replied in a low tone—
"It was very kind of you, Cornelius, to say so."
"I only said what I thought; you need not thank me for it."
He spoke impatiently; I did not reply, and there was another long pause.
"Are you tired?" at length asked Cornelius, who was leading me through streets and bye places of which I knew nothing.
"A little."
"And there is not even a shop where I could make you rest; why did not you say so sooner?"
"I did not like to delay you."