He had already, some time before, been conscious that his attentions were not wanted, but it was only on the part of the other ladies that he noticed any repugnance to himself.

On Minnie's part he had not seen any.

In spite of their graciousness and their desire not to hurt his feelings, they had not been able to avoid showing that, while they felt grateful for his heroism in the rescue of Minnie, they could not think of giving her to him.

They had manoeuvred well enough to get rid of him, but Girasole had also manoeuvred on his part to find them again.

He had fallen off from them at first when he saw that they were determined on effecting this; but after allowing a sufficient time to elapse, he had no difficulty in tracking them, and finding them at Naples, as we have seen.
But here he made one or two discoveries.
One was that Minnie already had an accepted lover in the person of Lord Hawbury.