The woman heard, and turned her eyes towards him.

"Do you wish him to go ?" asked the Cure.
"No, no--oh no, M'sieu'!" she said eagerly.

She had asked all day that either Rosalie or M'sieu' should be in the room with her.

It would seem as though she were afraid she had not courage enough to keep the secret of the cross without their presence.

Charley had yielded to her request, while he shrank from granting it.