CHAPTER XIX.
We remove to very unpleasant quarters--Birds of a feather won't always flock together--O'Brien cuts a cutter midshipman, and gets a taste of French steel--Altogether _flat_ work--A walk into the interior.
As soon as I was well enough to attend to my little nurse, we became very intimate, as might be expected.

Our chief employment was teaching each other French and English.

Having the advantage of me in knowing a little before we met, and also being much quicker of apprehension, she very soon began to speak English fluently, long before I could make out a short sentence in French.

However, as it was our chief employment, and both were anxious to communicate with each other, I learnt it very fast.
In five weeks I was out of bed, and could limp about the room; and before two months were over, I was quite recovered.

The colonel, however, would not report me to the governor; I remained on a sofa during the day, but at dusk I stole out of the house, and walked about with Celeste.