He had never been here before.

Memory groped blindly for a lost link, as one who momentarily recognizes a face in a crowd, and tries to put a name to it and fails.

As the face disappears, so the sudden impression passed from Hugh's mind.
"I expect you have been here with them," said Doll.

"Good man, Newhaven." "I used to see a good deal of them at one time," said Hugh; "but they seem to have forgotten me of late." "Oh, that's her!" said Doll.

"She is always off and on with people.
Takes a fancy one day and a dislike the next.