She greeted him with shy but evident pleasure.

She took for granted he had come to see her, and he allowed her to remain under that delusion.

In reality he had been hunting up an old model whom he wanted for his next picture, and who had silently left Museum Buildings some months before without leaving his address.

He had genuinely admired her, though he had forgotten her, and he was unaffectedly delighted to see her again.
That one chance meeting was the first of many.

Flowers came to Rachel's little room, and romance came with them.