He then reassumed his indifferent look; but at times he gazed with a feeling of sorrowful pleasure on the young people who had renewed their conversation.
"Is he not a glorious fellow?" Ellen said to the young man as she pointed to the hunter.
"I think so."
"And I have been certain of it for a long time. Harry watches over me; I have always found him at my side in the hour of danger: to follow me he has abandoned everything, country, friends, family, without hesitation or reflection, and has done it without any hope of ever being rewarded for such abnegation and devotion."
Don Pablo sighed.
"You love him," he murmured.
The maiden smiled.
"If you mean by those words that I place an unbounded confidence in him, that I feel a sincere and deep affection for him, in that sense, yes, I do love him."
Don Pablo shook his head.
"That is not what I mean," he said.