A leg of mutton appeared upon the table three days running, till nothing was left but the bone.

In short, it was not to be misunderstood that the hotel family wished to be alone.
At last, at the beginning of the second week of October, the return to Paris took place.

During the five hours' railway journey Pilar was silent and moody.

She felt that an enchanting chapter of her love-story had come to an end, and a fresh one beginning, the unforeseen possibilities of which filled her with alarm.

She held fast to Wilhelm, and would not let him go free; but what form was their life together going to take in Paris?
Not that she cared for the opinion of the world--far from it; but other difficulties remained which menaced her happiness.