He has procured access to those ladies upon some false pretence, and with some mischievous intention.

It is well I have learned where they lodge.

I will watch Marthon, and solicit an interview with them, were it but to place them on their guard.

It is hard that I must use artifice and brook delay, when such as he have admittance openly and without scruple.

They shall find, however, that though I am excluded from their presence, Isabelle's safety is the chief subject of my vigilance." While the young lover was thus meditating, an aged gentleman of the Bishop's household approached him from the same door by which he had himself entered the garden, and made him aware, though with the greatest civility of manner, that the garden was private, and reserved only for the use of the Bishop and guests of the very highest distinction.
Quentin heard him repeat this information twice ere he put the proper construction upon it, and then starting as from a reverie, he bowed and hurried out of the garden, the official person following him all the way, and overwhelming him with formal apologies for the necessary discharge of his duty.