He looks at it a moment and then he gives his little hop.

He knows he will have a lump of sugar, and Captain Lovelock expects one as well.

Dear Captain Lovelock, shall I ring for a lump?
Would n't it be touching?
Garcon, un morceau de sucre pour Monsieur le Capitaine! But what I give Monsieur le Capitaine is moral sugar! I usually administer it in private, and he shall have a good big morsel when you go away." Gordon got up, turning to Bernard and looking at his watch.
"Let us go away, in that case," he said, smiling, "and leave Captain Lovelock to receive his reward.

We will go and take a walk; we will go up the Champs Elysees.

Good morning, Monsieur le Capitaine." Neither Blanche nor the Captain offered any opposition to this proposal, and Bernard took leave of his hostess and joined Gordon, who had already passed into the antechamber..