Here, the entertainment being not very much to his liking, he amused himself by staring at the audience.
It was then he perceived Camillia Moraquitos. From the moment of recognizing her he scarcely ever took his eyes from the box in which she was seated. Was she not the sweetheart of his Captain's particular friend, the new first mate of the Amazon, and was it not therefore his duty to look after her?
He saw Augustus Horton leaning over Camillia's chair, and immediately set him down as an admirer of the lady, and a rival of Paul Lisimon.
By-and-by he saw the planter leave the box to order the carriage at the close of the performance.
Determined to watch to the last, he quitted the pit at the same moment, and reached the portico before the theater in time to see Augustus and Camillia into the carriage that was waiting for them.
He also heard the brief dialogue that passed between them at the door of the vehicle.
But the indignation of the honest sailor was unbounded when he saw Augustus take his seat in the carriage by the side of Camillia.
He thought that his Captain's new friend was betrayed, and immediately resolved to know the truth.
As the carriage drove off, he flung himself into the roadway, almost under the hoofs of the horses of other vehicles, in order to follow that which contained Camillia and the planter.
In this manner he pursued it until it turned out of the principal thoroughfare.