They pointed out to her who was on
the course: and the "who" was not always the person a young lady
should know.
When Pen came up to Lady Clavering's carriage, he had to push his way
through a crowd of these young bucks who were paying their court to
Miss Amory, in order to arrive as near that young lady, who beckoned
him by many pretty signals to her side.
"Je l'ai vue," she said; "elle a de bien beaux yeux; vous etes un
monstre!"
"Why monster?" said Pen, with a laugh; "Honi soit qui mal y pense.
My young friend, yonder, is as well protected as any young lady in
Christendom. She has her mamma on one side, her 'pretendu' on the
other. Could any harm happen to a girl between those two?"
"One does not know what may or may not arrive," said Miss Blanche. in
French, "when a girl has the mind, and when she is pursued by a wicked
monster like you. Figure to yourself, colonel, that I come to find
monsieur, your nephew, near to a cab, by two ladies, and a man, oh,
such a man! and who ate lobsters, and who laughed, who laughed!"
"It did not strike me that the man laughed," Pen said.
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