Nor was she aware that Hamilton felt so keenly the disappearance of the flag.

What she did know, and it gladdened her greatly, was that Beverley had been well treated by his captor.

With this in her heart she went about Roussillon place singing merry snatches of Creole songs; and when at the gate, which still hung lop-sided on account of Beverley's force in shutting it, she came unexpectedly face to face with Captain Farnsworth, there was no great surprise on her part.
He lifted his hat and bowed very politely; but a bold smile broke over his somewhat ruddy face.

He spoke in French, but in a drawling tone and with a bad accent: "How do you do, Mademoiselle; I am right glad to see you again." Alice drew back a pace or two.

She was quick to understand his allusion, and she shrank from him, fearing that he was going to inquire about the flag.
"Don't be afraid," he laughed.