A Nest of Spies — Marcel Allain

" ...]to consider that it was precisely at the Naarboveck receptions we met." With the utterance of these last words Bobinette glanced at Captain Brocq as if she would annihilate him: the remembrance of their first meeting seemed more odious to her than pleasing. Brocq, whose eyes were obstinately lowered, saw nothing of this. He suggested: "I am not the only one you have met at M. de Naarboveck's. There is that handsome cuirassier, Henri de Loubersac...". Bobinette crimsoned. She shrugged her shoulders. "How stupid you are Lieutenant Henri does not give ...]."