"Well?"
"Mon Dieu! I don't know what I am saying! That unexpected visit, the idea of having her for a neighbor——"
"You must have been glad to see your friend again?"
"Oh, yes! of course, I am delighted! She will probably come every day; as she knows that you are here, she certainly won't miss a day."
"Ah! you think that she will come on my account?"
"On yours—or mine—I'm sure I don't know. However, we shall see."
Frédérique sighed. All the rest of the evening, she was sad and pensive; for my part, I too was preoccupied. We parted earlier than usual, and she did not look at me as she did the night before, when she said:
"Until to-morrow!"
On the following day, I proposed to Frédérique that we should take a long walk; she assented, and we started. We had not walked fifty yards, when we saw Armantine coming toward us. I noticed that she was dressed more coquettishly than on the day before. Frédérique could not restrain an angry gesture as she muttered:
"Ah! it seems that she was watching us! This bids fair to be amusing!"