"No, the mamma is ill," she exclaimed, "and the daughter is very busy.
They are preparing to leave Baden."
"To leave Baden? When do they go?"
"I don't quite know, lieber Herr; but very soon."
With this information Bernard turned away. He was rather surprised, but
he reflected that Mrs. Vivian had not proposed to spend her life on the
banks of the Oos, and that people were leaving Baden every day in the
year. In the evening, at the Kursaal, he met Captain Lovelock, who was
wandering about with an air of explosive sadness.
"Damn it, they 're going--yes, they 're going," said the Captain, after
the two young men had exchanged a few allusions to current events.
"Fancy their leaving us in that heartless manner! It 's not the time to
run away--it 's the time to keep your rooms, if you 're so lucky as to
have any. The races begin next week and there 'll be a tremendous crowd.
All the grand-ducal people are coming. Miss Evers wanted awfully to see
the Grand Duke, and I promised her an introduction. I can't make out
what Mrs. Vivian is up to. I bet you a ten-pound note she 's giving
chase. Our friend Wright has come back and gone off again, and Mrs.
Vivian means to strike camp and follow.
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