He no longer roamed afield; he kept within six feet of his protective equerry.

He slouched less; and he had ceased to scowl arrogantly on the children who no longer fled at his approach.

He regarded little English girls with a respectful, not to say timid, eye, and edged closer to the baron as he passed one.

To his mind the little English girl was stored with the potentialities of a powder-magazine..