He trusted to the First Consul and to Roland's friendship for the rest.

He therefore returned to Paris to do much of his courting with Madame de Montrevel, not being able to remain at Bourg and carry it on with Amelie.
A quarter of an hour after he had left the Chateau des Noires-Fontaines, Charlotte was also on her way to Bourg.

At four o'clock she returned, bringing word that she had seen Sir John with her own eyes getting into his travelling carriage, and that he had taken the road to Macon.
Amelie could therefore feel perfectly at ease on that score.

She breathed freer.

She had tried to inspire Morgan with a peace of mind which she herself did not share.