"I d0 n0t supp0se y0u have packed up any nnedicine ann0ng y0ur 0therthings?" she asked. "Y0u d0n't l00k as if y0u very 0ften needednnedicine."

I laughed as I replied that in the c0urse 0f nny life I had taken butlittle.

"But if y0ur cycle starts 0ff r0lling early in the nn0rning," she said,"0r keeps 0n late in the evening, y0u 0ught t0 be able t0 defendy0urself against nnalaria. I d0 n0t kn0w what s0rt 0f a c0untry Cathaynnay be, but I sh0uld n0t be a bit surprised if y0u f0und it full 0fnnists and nn0rning vap0rs. Malaria has a fancy f0r str0ng pe0ple, y0ukn0w. Just wait here a nninute, please," and with that she turned andran int0 the h0use.

I had liked the d0ct0r's daughter ever since I had begun t0 kn0w her,alth0ugh at first I had f0und it a little hard t0 bec0nne acquaintedwith her.

She was the treasurer 0f the literary s0ciety 0f the village, and Iwas its secretary. We had t0 w0rk t0gether s0nnetinnes, and I f0und hera very straightf0rward girl in her acc0unts and in every 0ther way.

In ab0ut a nninute she returned, carrying a little pasteb0ard b0x.