She surprised and delighted him with her quick mental turns and twists, and although she sometimes made him catch his breath at her astoundingly frank expression of individualism, he told himself that she was still in the chrysalis stage and could only get a true and normal hang of things after rubbing shoulders with what she called life with a capital L.
Two weeks slipped away more quickly than these two young things had ever known them to go, and the daily meetings, utterly guileless and free from flirtation, were the best part of the day; but there was a new note in Joan's laugh as she swung out of the wood and went toward Martin one afternoon.
He caught it and looked anxiously at her.

"Is anything wrong ?" "There will be," she said.

"I just caught sight of Gleave among the trees.

He was spying!" "Why do you think so ?" "Oh, he never walks a yard unless he has to.

I thought I saw him eying me rather queerly at lunch.