He started, and saw before him a young man, of plain dress, gentlemanlike appearance, and striking countenance.
"Mr.Maltravers, I think," said the stranger, and Ernest recognised the voice that had so disturbed him: "this is lucky; we can now introduce ourselves, for I find Cleveland means us to be intimate.

Mr.Lumley Ferrers, Mr.Ernest Maltravers.

There now, I am the elder, so I first offer my hand, and grin properly.

People always grin when they make a new acquaintance! Well, that's settled.

Which way are you walking ?" Maltravers could, when he chose it, be as stately as if he had never been out of England.