Direct her gaze as she might, she met some eye watching her, some couple enjoying her confusion.

To make matters worse, she presently discovered that she was the only woman in the Chamber; and she conceived the notion that she had no right to be there at that hour.

At the thought her cheeks burned, her eyes dropped; the room seemed to buzz with her name, with gross words and jests, and gibes at her expense.
At last, when the situation had grown nearly unbearable, the group before the door parted, and Tignonville appeared.

The girl rose with a cry of relief, and he came to her.

The courtiers glanced at the two and smiled.
He did not conceal his astonishment at finding her there.