When the spring season came on, she continued to be as kind to me as she could, and I lodged with her for a time, till it was found necessary to do otherwise. She had some persons of character that frequently lodged in her house, and in particular the gentleman who, as I said, singled me out for his companion the winter before; and he came down again with another gentleman in his company and two servants, and lodged in the same house. I suspected that my landlady had invited him thither, letting him know that I was still with her; but she denied it, and protested to me that she did not, and he said the same. In a word, this gentleman came down and continued to single me out for his peculiar confidence as well as conversation. He was a complete gentleman, that must be confessed, and his company was very agreeable to me, as mine, if I might believe him, was to him.
Quand survint la saison du printemps, elle continua de se montrer gracieuse au possible, et je logeai chez elle un certain temps, jusqu'à ce que je trouvai nécessaire d'agir différemment; elle avait quelques personnes de marque qui logeaient fréquemment dans sa maison, et en particulier le gentilhomme qui, ainsi que je l'ai dit, avait recherché ma société l'hiver d'avant; il revint en compagnie d'un autre gentilhomme et de deux domestiques, et logea dans la même maison; je soupçonnai ma propriétaire de l'avoir invité, en lui faisant savoir que j'habitais toujours avec elle, mais elle le nia.