Before he entered the lane he took good care that no one was in sight.
When, after chatting for an hour, he rose to leave, Terence told him that when he wrote to his sister he should inclose a letter to him; as it would be impossible to write to him direct, for there would be no saying where he might be stationed.

He begged him to convey the heartiest thanks of himself and Ryan to his comrades for the share they had taken in the matter.
On saying good night, Terence insisted on Marie accepting, as a parting gift, his watch and chain.

These were handsome ones, and of French manufacture, Terence having bought them from a soldier who had taken them from the body of a French officer, killed during Soult's retreat from Portugal.

They could, therefore, be shown by her to her friends without exciting any suspicion that they had been obtained from an English source.

Marie accepted them very unwillingly, and only after Terence declaring that he should feel very grieved if she would not take the one present he was capable of making.
"Besides," he added, "no one can tell what fortune may bring about.
Your husband might lose his boat, or have a long illness; and it is well to have something that you can part with, without discomfort, in such a time of need." Jules, although desiring no pay for his services and risks, was very much gratified at the present.
"I for my part do not say no, monsieur," he said.