It was now the end of October, and since the day of his arrest, he had not yet been there.

He had not been asked; nor would he go uninvited, as after what had passed at Hampton Court Bridge he surely might have done.
And consequently they were all unhappy.

No one was more so than Charley.

When the prospect of the happy evening with Norah had been so violently interrupted by his arrest, he had, among his other messages, sent word to the 'Cat and Whistle,' excusing his absence by a statement of the true cause.

From that day to this of which we are now speaking he had seen neither Mrs.Davis nor her fair protegee.
Nor were they better contented at the Cottage.