Rose was the first to notice this.

"Look! look! if he is not wheeling Dard in the barrow now." "Who ?" "Can you ask?
Who provides all our excitement ?" Josephine instantly divined there was something amiss.

"Consider," said she, "Monsieur Riviere would not wheel Dard all across the park for amusement." Rose assented; and in another minute, by a strange caprice of fate, those Edouard had come to intercept, quickened their pace to intercept him.

As soon as he saw their intention he thrilled all over, but did not slacken his pace.

He told Dard to take his coat and throw it over his foot, for here were the young ladies coming.
"What for ?" said Dard sulkily.