He was much less self-assertive in his progress.

He threaded his way instead of elbowing it through the crowd.

The most fragile peeress might have jostled him, and he would not have resented it.
"Uncle Gilbert! Is that you?
I was afraid you were going to be late." The judge turned quickly.

A lady, another lady, leaned out of the window of a first-class compartment and greeted him.

He stared at her.
The likeness was less striking now when he looked at his niece's full face; but it was there, quite unmistakable; a sufficient excuse for the blunder he had made.
"Ah, Milly," he said; "you really are Milly, aren't you?
I've just had a most extraordinary encounter with your double.