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 man not very tall and—well, that is to say, she described you, and she mentioned your name. She said that possibly you might come to Timgad within a few days, and, if you did, she asked me to be sure to talk to you and tell you what I had said about her father's being a Roman."

"That was all?" They had come to a halt before the inn where Etienne and the automobile stood waiting, ready to take the road.

"That was all," Dr. Medjila informed him. "She was very serious. In fact," he added, and his rosy face became rosier with mirth, "they were all three serious—oh, very serious!—after her father and mother came back for her. So I have told my pupil she must never slap another American gentleman's shoulder again under any circumstances whatever!"