"Perfectly. And you, Captain Halkett?"
"You seem thinner. You do not spare yourself."
"We scarcely have time to think of ourselves," she said, smiling. "I am trying to fit up a little hospital here; Madame de Moidrey offers the house."
"I understand that my friend, Captain Gray, is here?"
"Poor boy! I must not detain you any longer. You will desire to pay your respects to Madame de Moidrey and her sister and to the beautiful Miss Wildresse——"
"Philippa! Here?"
"You know her? Is she not lovely? I find her charming. And—so should all young men," she added with a little laugh. "Therefore—I shall no longer detain you, Captain Halkett——"
"May I—hope to see you again?"
"I hope so, indeed," she replied cheerfully. "Do you remain for a while in Saïs?"
"For a while, I think."