he said, with a laugh. 'Avoid irritation more than exposure to the sun. Adieu. How do you English say, eh?

Good-bye. Ah! Good-bye. Adieu. In the tropics one must before everything keep calm.”... He lifted a warning forefinger.... 'Du calme, du calme.”

“One thing more remained to do — say good-bye to my excellent aunt. I found her triumphant. I had a cup of tea — the last decent cup of tea for many days — and in a room that most soothingly looked just as you would expect a lady's drawing-room to look, we had a long quiet chat by the fireside. In the course of these confidences it became quite plain to me I had been represented to the wife of the high dignitary, and goodness knows to how many more people besides, as an exceptional and gifted creature