In the act of departing he turned, and suddenly stood still again.

His face was toward the Bayfield gate.

Dorothea could not tell if he saw her, but he remained thus, motionless, for almost a minute.

Then he seemed to recollect himself and marched off briskly down the road.
Early next morning she descended and read the inscription, which ran: "Restaurant pour les Aspirants." She said nothing about it, and soon after breakfast the board was removed..