However, by the time the young lady moved on with her escort she herself bequeathed me a sense that some such _rapprochement_ might still occur.

Was this by reason of the general frequency of encounters at Folkestone, or by reason of a subtle acknowledgment that she contrived to make of the rights, on the part of others, that such beauty as hers created?
I was in a position to answer that question after Mrs.Meldrum had answered a few of mine..