New Grub Street by George Gissing
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Jasper mused concerning them. When he had walked a few yards, he looked back; at the same moment the unknown man also turned his head. 'Where the deuce have I seen them--him and the girl too?' Milvain asked himself. And before he reached home the recollection he sought flashed upon his mind. 'The Museum Reading-room, of course!' CHAPTER II. THE HOUSE OF YULE 'I think' said Jasper, as he entered the room where his mother and Maud were busy with plain needlework, 'I must have met Alfred Yule and his daughter.' 'How did you recognise them?' Mrs Milvain inquired. 'I passed an old buffer and a pale-faced girl whom I know by sight at the British Museum. It wasn't near Yule's house, but they were taking a walk.' 'They may have come already. When Miss Harrow was here last, she said "in about a fortnight."' |
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