And when Barfoot alighted at Bayswater they shook hands with an especial friendliness, both seeming to suggest a wish that they might soon meet again.
They did so not later than the following Monday.

Remembering what Mrs.
Widdowson had said of her intention to visit Burlington House, Barfoot went there in the afternoon.

If he chanced to encounter the pretty little woman it would not be disagreeable.

Perhaps her husband might be with her, and in that case he could judge of the terms on which they stood.

A surly fellow, Widdowson; very likely to play the tyrant, he thought.