His rider was accompanied by her brother and the
well-known figure of her godfather, La Corne St. Luc, who rode up
the hill and in a minute or two dismounted at the door of the
mansion of the Lady de Tilly.
The fabled lynx, whose eye penetrates the very earth to discover
hidden treasure, did not cast a keener and more inquisitive glance
than that which Amelie, shrouded behind the thick curtains, directed
from the window at the tall, manly figure and handsome countenance
of him whom she knew to be Pierre Philibert. Let it not detract
from her that she gave way to an irresistible impulse of womanly
curiosity. The Queen of France would, under the same temptation,
have done the same thing, and perhaps without feeling half the
modest shame of it that Amelie did. A glance sufficed--but a glance
that impressed upon her mind forever the ineffaceable and perfect
image of Pierre Philibert the man, who came in place of Pierre
Philibert the boy friend of Le Gardeur and of herself.
CHAPTER XI.
THE SOLDIER'S WELCOME.
The voices of the gentlemen mingled with her aunt's in eager
greetings.
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