they come into view.




CHAPTER II.

Excursions Beneath The Bridge.



I.

Thus we see the meeting again of George and Mary.

When the agitated young man on the day following the cab accident had
alighted from the omnibus at the bottom of Palace Gardens he was
opposite No. 14 by half-past ten; waiting till eleven; going,
convinced she did not live there; returning, upon the desperate hope
that indeed she did; waiting till twelve--and being most handsomely
rewarded.

Her face signalled that she saw him, but her eyes gave no recognition
--quickly were averted from him; the windows behind her had eyes, she
knew.

My agitated George, who had made a hasty step at the red flag that
fluttered on her cheeks, as hastily stepped away beneath the chill of
her glance; in tremendous perturbation turned and fled; in tremendous
perturbation turned and pursued. In Regent's Park he saw her produce a