It was both easy and necessary to keep very near to the object of his interest.
There sounded a clinking of plates, cups, and glasses.

People were sitting at tables in the open air, supplied with refreshments by the waiters who hurried hither and thither.

Eve, after a show of hesitation, took a seat by a little round table which stood apart; her pursuer found a place whence he could keep watch.

She gave an order, and presently there was brought to her a glass of wine with a sandwich.
Hilliard called for a bottle of ale: he was consumed with thirst.
"Dare I approach her ?" he asked himself.

"Is it possible?
And, if possible, is it any use ?" The difficulty was to explain his recognition of her.