The moon began to show her face over the dark top of Stanbury Hill, and presently he saw by the clear rays that the figure of a woman was a few yards ahead of him; he was overtaking her.

As he drew near to her, she turned her head.

He knew her at once, for it was Letty Tew.

He had been used to meet Letty often at the Walthams'.
Evidently he was himself recognised; the girl swerved a little, as if to let him pass, and kept her head bent.

He obeyed an impulse and spoke to her.
'I am afraid you have forgotten me, Miss Tew.