She could not tell, but she knew that she was dangerously interested in him.
'And he still mended, till his thin, pale face became more full and firm.
As he mended she had to meet that request of his, advanced with even stronger insistency.
'The arrival of the King and Court for the season as usual brought matters to a climax for these two lonely exiles and fellow country-people.

The King's awkward preference for a part of the coast in such dangerous proximity to France made it necessary that a strict military vigilance should be exercised to guard the royal residents.

Half- a-dozen frigates were every night posted in a line across the bay, and two lines of sentinels, one at the water's edge and another behind the Esplanade, occupied the whole sea-front after eight every night.

The watering-place was growing an inconvenient residence even for Mademoiselle V--- herself, her friendship for this strange French tutor and writing-master who never had any pupils having been observed by many who slightly knew her.

The General's wife, whose dependent she was, repeatedly warned her against the acquaintance; while the Hanoverian and other soldiers of the Foreign Legion, who had discovered the nationality of her friend, were more aggressive than the English military gallants who made it their business to notice her.
'In this tense state of affairs her answers became more agitated.