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120 comparison, for at the same moment she pricked up her ears and said, "There he is."

M. Hervart did not arrive till quite an appreciable time had passed, and Leonor said to himself:

"She scents her lover as a pointer scents the game. Love is extraordinary."

He abandoned himself to reﬂection, astonished at having learnt so many things in half an hour's walk with a young and simple-hearted girl.

Rose was staring with all her eyes in the direction from which the sound of rustling leaves had come. Leonor stooped down behind her and kissed the hem of her skirt.