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Ruffo took off his cap
and Vere cried out:
"Monsieur Emile!"
She came up to him quickly. He noticed that her face looked
extraordinarily alive, that her dark eyes were fiery with expression.
"Good-evening, Vere," he said.
He took her small hand.
"Buona sera, Ruffo," he added.
He looked from one to the other, and saw the perfect simplicity of
both.
"Tell me, Vere," he said. "Have you seen any one on the islet
to-night?"
"Yes, just now. Why? What made you think so?"
"Well?"
"A man--a gentleman came. I told him he was trespassing."
Artois smiled. Ruffo stood by, his cap in his hand, looking
attentively at Vere, who had spoken in French. She glanced at him, and
suddenly broke into Italian.
"He was that absurd boy we saw in the sea, Madre, the other day, who
pretended to be a seal, and made me laugh. He reminded me of it, and
asked me if I didn't recognize him."
"What did you say?"
"I said 'No' and 'Good-night.' "
"And did he go?" asked Artois.
"No, he would not go.


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