Unfortunately, however, though a small member, it is very strong.
They reached London at last, and as had been arranged, Anne, the French _bonne_, met them at the station to take Effie home.

Geoffrey noticed that she looked smarter and less to his taste than ever.

However, she embraced Effie with an enthusiasm which the child scarcely responded to, and at the same time carried on an ocular flirtation with a ticket collector.

Although early in the year for yellow fogs, London was plunged in a dense gloom.

It had been misty that morning at Bryngelly, and become more and more so as the day advanced; but, though it was not yet four o'clock, London was dark as night.