He who, she had been persuaded, would avoid her as his greatest enemy, seemed, on this accidental meeting, most eager to preserve the acquaintance, and without any indelicate display of regard, or any peculiarity of manner, where their two selves only were concerned, was soliciting the good opinion of her friends, and bent on making her known to his sister.
Elle eut trouvé naturel qu’il l’évitât comme une ennemie, et voici que dans une rencontre inopinée il montrait au contraire un vif désir de voir se renouer leurs relations. De l’air le plus naturel, sans aucune assiduité indiscrete, il essayait de gagner la sympathie des siens et cherchait a la mettre elle-meme en rapport avec sa sour.