I shall not play any trick on you." "Very well, Mademoiselle, as you like.

I trust you." He followed her from the house.

He was so filled with the bitterness of what he was doing that he carried her sword in his hand all the way to the fort, quite unaware that its point often touched her dress so that she plainly felt it.

Indeed, she thought he was using that ruffianly and dangerous means of keeping pace with her.

He had sent the patrol on its rounds, taking upon himself the responsibility of delivering her to Hamilton.