"It was Monday evening," I replied, "and this is Thursday night, or rather Friday morning, at present."
"What! of the same week?" she exclaimed. "Only that brief time?"
"Long enough to live on nothing but cold water and ill-temper," observed I.

'Three days,' I replied.
'What! Only that brief time?'
'Long enough to live on nothing but cold water and ill-temper,' observed I.
