But, you know, when one lives in the same district, one has opportunities of meeting--at the beech harvest, in the woods, at the church door.

And when you meet, you talk but little, making the most of your time.

Still, you must not suppose, as I think you did, that we have rendezvous in the evening.

Reine respects herself too much to go about at night with a young man as escort, and besides, she has other fish to fry.

She has a great deal to do at the farm, since her father has become an invalid." "Well, do you think she loves you ?" said Julien, with a movement of nervous irritation.
"I can not tell," replied Claudet shrugging his shoulders, "she has confidence in me, and shows me some marks of friendship, but I never have ventured to ask her whether she feels anything more than friendship for me.