The carriage stopped; Mr. L. went and brought us ice-creams. I swallowed a whole one, and we drank water after. Going on, I felt a strange numbness at my stomach, which brought to my mind the fate of my friend General G., who, having taken a dose of medicine, some time after drank a glass of cold water, and in an hour was dead. It seemed to me that I was about to follow his example; and, being in good company, and feeling no pain, there could not be a more charming occasion for an exit. I became very gay, and F. said I was never /si aimable/. The affair, however, took a very different course, and I was obliged “to do as people do in France.”