Still she would not move, and the tears ran visibly down her cheek, though the play was a merry one, being no other than Mr.Sheridan's comedy of "The Rivals," with Mr.S.Kemble as Captain Absolute.

He saw her distress, and that her mind was elsewhere; and abruptly rising from his seat at candle-snuffing time he left the theatre.
'Though he lived in the old town, and she in the new, they frequently saw each other at a distance.

One of these occasions was when she was on the north side of the harbour, by the ferry, waiting for the boat to take her across.

He was standing by Cove Row, on the quay opposite.

Instead of entering the boat when it arrived she stepped back from the quay; but looking to see if he remained she beheld him pointing with his finger to the ferry-boat.
'"Enter!" he said, in a voice loud enough to reach her.
'Mademoiselle V--- stood still.
'"Enter!" he said, and, as she did not move, he repeated the word a third time.
'She had really been going to cross, and now approached and stepped down into the boat.