At last he looked back at me; whereupon I pointed forward, and he in obedience stepped out, and met them face to face.

Caroline flushed hot, bowed haughtily to him, turned away, and taking my father's arm violently, led him off before he had had time to use his own judgment.
They disappeared into a narrow calle, or alley, leading to the back of the buildings on the Grand Canal.
M.de la Feste came slowly back; as he stepped in beside me I realized my position so vividly that my heart might almost have been heard to beat.
The third condition had arisen--the least expected by either of us.

She had refused him; he was free to claim me.
We returned in the boat together.

He seemed quite absorbed till we had turned the angle into the Grand Canal, when he broke the silence.

'She spoke very bitterly to you in the salle-a-manger,' he said.