So in the past he had somewhat overlooked her.

Then one day recently he had dropped in to see Burlingame and had seen Kitty instead; which accounts for his presence here this day.

Neither Kitty nor Burlingame suspected the true attraction.

The dramatic editor accepted the advent as a peculiar compliment to himself.

And it is to be doubted if Cutty himself realized that there was a true magnetic pole in this cubbyhole of a room.
Kitty, however, had vivid recollections.