At length the Marquis grew impatient: Beginning to fear that his second attempt would succeed no better than the first, He proposed to reconnoitre the Convent.
'I am only sorry it has been so unsuccessful, ' replied he, with a quick glance towards Mr. Bell, as if reconnoitring how much he might say before him.
As we approached the point, I begged him to remain in a sheltered place, while I went on to reconnoitre; for it was towards it that the men had passed in the night.