Something unexplained was in progress between those three, Totty and Ackroyd and Thyrza.

Her resentment against the first of them revived.
She would soon know what it all meant.

Thyrza and she left the house together and went in opposite directions.

Lydia crossed Kennington Road, and found Luke waiting for her.

She approached him with veiled eyes.
'I'm so glad you've come,' he began, with signs of disturbance, 'It's kind of you to come.