Perhaps he would prefer to meet her unexpectedly--not a difficult thing in this little place, with its handful of residents and visitors.

Certain it was she desired his arrival.

Her heart leapt with joy in the thought that this very evening might bring him.

She wished to study him under new conditions, and--possibly--to talk with him even more frankly than ever yet, for there would be opportunity enough.
About six o'clock a train coming from the south stopped at the station, which was visible from Rhoda's sitting-room window.

She had been waiting for this moment.