There were other points, besides, in the _tournure_ of the boy's figure that had appeared singular to me.

I had frequently observed the eyes of this lad bent upon me, when Dubrosc was not present, with a strange and unaccountable expression.
Many other peculiarities connected with the boy and Dubrosc, which at the time had passed unnoticed and unheeded, now presented themselves to my recollection, all tending to prove the identity of the boy with the woman whose voice I had heard in the thicket.
I could not help smiling at the night's adventures; determined, however, to conceal that part which related to the skeleton.
In a few days my strength was restored.

The cut I had received was not deep--thanks to my forage-cap and the bluntness of the Frenchman's weapon..