Alone among them Doctor Fontaine understood the case.
But for you we might never have known Madame Fontaine."
I guessed of course that it meant a visit to Madame Fontaine.
It was quite enough for Madame Fontaine that there was an act of mercy to be done.
Under the widow's instructions, she was preparing the peculiar vegetable diet which had been prescribed by Doctor Fontaine as part of the cure.
Madame Fontaine, under her husband's instructions, assisted in nursing the sick man, and in giving the nourishment prescribed when he was able to eat.
Madame Fontaine, always just in her views, said, 'You had better wait and consult the doctors.' She made but one condition (the generous creature!) relating to herself.
"Well," Mr. Engelman resumed, "Doctor Dormann asked his questions, and smelt and tasted the medicine, and with Madame Fontaine's full approval took away a little of it to be analyzed.