But there was an uneasy suspicion in her mind that he really must have noticed her in the Reading-room.

This was the first time she had seen him since their parting at Finden.

Had he any reason for avoiding her?
Did he take it ill that her father had shown no desire to keep up his acquaintance?
She allowed the interval between them to become greater.

In a minute or two Milvain turned up Charlotte Street, and so she lost sight of him.
In Tottenham Court Road she waited for an omnibus that would take her to the remoter part of Camden Town; obtaining a corner seat, she drew as far back as possible, and paid no attention to her fellow-passengers.
At a point in Camden Road she at length alighted, and after ten minutes' walk reached her destination in a quiet by-way called St Paul's Crescent, consisting of small, decent houses.

That at which she paused had an exterior promising comfort within; the windows were clean and neatly curtained, and the polishable appurtenances of the door gleamed to perfection.