She was more intent
on not being found out than on being married. But Camille, who was more
intent on being married than on not being found out, was asking himself,
with fury, how on earth they should get rid of Aubertin in time.
Well, of course, under such circumstances as these the diligence did
not come to its time, nor till long after; and all the while, they were
waiting for it they were failing their rendezvous with the mayor, and
making their rendezvous with the curate impossible. But, above all,
there was the risk of one or other of those friends coming up and
blurting all out, taking for granted that the doctor must be in their
confidence, or why bring him.
At last, at half-past eleven o'clock, to their great relief, up came the
diligence. The doctor prepared to take his place in the interior, when
the conductor politely informed him that the vehicle stopped there a
quarter of an hour.
"In that case I will not abandon my friends," said the doctor,
affectionately.
One of his friends gnashed his teeth at this mark of affection. But
Josephine smiled sweetly.
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