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being struck by her cheerful appearance and bright
face, so much so that I asked her how old she was.
She was just twenty-five. She only came to
ask me if colitis was catching.
Yes, very. The word was hardly out of my
mouth before I discovered that this young person
was far cleverer than I.
Wouldn’t I tell the Count it was safer they
shouldn’t sleep in the same room?
I assured her it was not at all safer, that
although I had not the honour to know Monsieur
le Comte, I felt sure he would not catch it. It was
only catching with impressionable and
highly-strung people like herself.
Surely I would not call her highly-strung, she
objected, her big eyes wandering restlessly round
the room? . . .
Yes, decidedly.
Could I not cure her of that?
No.
“My dearest Ann,
Fancy my dear, I have got colitis! I am so glad . . . so
glad you recommended me this Suédois, or was it Charcot?
In any case I told him it was Charcot, to make sure he
would give me more time and attention. You are right, he
is very clever, though he does not look like it. I am already
recommending him to all my friends, I am sure he can do
any amount of good to my sister-in-law who is still on her
back after her nasty fall at your cotillon, I am sure she has
got colitis! Sorry, my dear, we shall not meet at Joséphine’s
dinner to-morrow, I have already written to her I have got
colitis, and can’t possibly come. I wish she could put it off
till after to-morrow.
Your loving Juliette.
P.S. It just struck me that the Suédois ought to have a
look at your mother-in-law, who is so worried about her
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