At last, opening it and looking very hard at his hat, he said, 'I'm goin' to 'Arley Street now.

I walk up and down outside the 'ouse every evening, and sometimes, when there ain't no one lookin', I get a chance to kiss the doorstep.' "He disappeared, and I returned to my chair.
"On November twentieth, I called for him according to promise.

I found him on the point of starting for the club: he had forgotten all about our appointment.

I reminded him of it, and he with difficulty recalled it, and consented, without any enthusiasm, to accompany me.

By a few artful hints to her mother (including a casual mention of his income), I manoeuvred matters so that he had Edith almost entirely to himself for the whole evening.