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wife had changed her mind, and wanted to come
to Paris for some shopping, they were to join the
yacht next week at Marseilles for a cruise in the
Mediterranean. I was invited to lunch at the
Hôtel du Rhin the next day, his wife would be
very pleased if I would take her to visit one of the
children’s hospitals after luncheon. As I could
not lunch, it was arranged that she should fetch
me at Avenue de Villiers after my consultation.
My waiting-room was still full of people when
her elegant landau drove up before the door. I
sent down Rosalie to ask her to go for a drive
and come back in half-an-hour, unless she
preferred to wait in the dining-room till I had finished
with my patients. Half-an-hour later I found
her sitting in the dining-room with John on her
lap greatly interested in his demonstration of his
various toys.
“He has got your eyes,” said she, looking from
John to me, “I did not know you were married.”
I said I was not married. She blushed a little
and resumed her perusal of John’s new picture
book. She soon picked up her courage and with
the usual tenacious curiosity of a woman she
asked if his mother was Swedish, his hair was so
blonde, his eyes were so blue.
I knew quite well what she was driving at. I
knew that Rosalie, the concierge, the milkman,
the baker were sure I was John’s father, I had
heard my own coachman speak about him as “le
fils de Monsieur.” I knew it was quite useless
to explain, I would not have convinced them, I
had besides ended by almost believing it myself.
But I thought this kind lady had a right to know
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