"Her gratitude to you, Mr. Woodcourt, is delightful. She is a most affectionate creature, as I have reason to say."
"You--you have found her so?" he returned. "I--I am glad of that." He was so very sorry for me that he could scarcely speak.
"I assure you," said I, "that I was deeply touched by her sympathy and pleasure at the time I have referred to."
"I was grieved to hear that you had been very ill."
"I was very ill."
"But you have quite recovered?"

"Her gratitude to you, Mr. Woodcourt, is delightful. She is a most affectionate creature."
"You - you have found her so?" he returned. "I - I am glad of that." He was so very sorry for me that he could scarcely speak.
"I assure you," said I, "that I was deeply touched by her sympathy."
"I was grieved to hear that you had been very ill. But you have quite recovered?"
