"An Indiscreet Journey" is a 1915 short story by Katherine Mansfield.
She encounters two old women on her train journeys, the first is kind, but the second (nicknamed seagull because of an incongruous fake seagull perched upon her hat) is cunning and perceptive, asking pointed questions, knowing her real purpose in France.
The narrator and her lover spend much time in an inn where soldiers drink mirabelle and contemplate their lives and futures.
There are few intimate moments shown between the narrator and the little corporal, but one can discern that he is her lover from small details such as his putting his hand over hers, and catching her passport when they are shut alone in a room.
The text is written in the modernist mode, without a set structure, and with many shifts in the narrative.