"Louisa will come alone, to-day," he said, "because I told her Mrs. Costello was an invalid, but you must expect that next time she will bring her husband, and Sir John is no small person I assure you."
"When did they arrive?"
"Last night."
"How long will they stay, do you think?"
"Two or three weeks I imagine, but I know nothing positively of their plans."
"And Maurice, tell me when you must go back to England? I do not want our pleasant life to end just as suddenly as it began."
"Nor do I. I am not going just yet."
"But have not you quantities of affairs to attend to, you important person?"
"My most serious affair at present is in Paris. Don't be afraid, I am not forgetting my duties."
"Then we cannot go out to-day?"