Could he, on the strength of an acquaintance with Mrs.Brewer, claim the friendly regards of this girl who had never heard his name?
If he saw her once, on what pretext could he seek for a second meeting?
Possibly he would not desire it.

Eve in her own person might disenchant him.
Meanwhile he had discovered the house, and without further debate he knocked.

The door was opened by a woman of ordinary type, slatternly, and with suspicious eye.
"Miss Madeley _did_ live here," she said, "but she's been gone a month or more." "Can you tell me where she is living now ?" After a searching look the woman replied that she could not.

In the manner of her kind, she was anxious to dismiss the inquirer and get the door shut.

Gravely disappointed, Hilliard felt unable to turn away without a further question.
"Perhaps you know where she is, or was, employed ?" But no information whatever was forthcoming.