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Melusine threw her hands in the air. She could no longer wait. Their conversation degenerated again and again
into a strain of self-congratulation that would have irked an eavesdropper. I’ve
never seen her quite so sure of herself. A crutch, with a silver
handle, stood by her side, proving the state of extreme debility to which she was
reduced. If only to say goodbye. In one angle of the room stood a disused fire-place, with a rusty
grate and broken chimney-piece; in the other there was a sort of box, contrived
between the wall and the boards, that looked like an apology for a cupboard. She
saw how overworked he was. At noon the doctor himself arrived. But she could
not live in constant association with him without having these gaps filled. He walked on for an hour longer, till he could scarcely drag one
leg after another. The settlements which he has spoken of, too, are most
munificent. ”
They were lingering over their dessert.
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