Why I should have looked for just this sort of change in her, God knows, but I did expect it and probably would not have recognized her if I had passed her in the court.

But I was not worrying about any mistake I might make of this kind.

All I seemed to fear was that at the critical moment some one would pass between us on my side of the gallery.

I never thought of anyone passing in front of her.
"I had picked out Section II as the place where she was to show herself, because it was in a direct line with the course an arrow would take from a sight behind the vase.

I had bade her to look for me in the court, and that would bring her forward to the balustrade in front.