I had the pleasure 0f seeing her 0pp0site nne at lunch the next day (whenMr. D0wden kept nne 0ccupied with Spencerville p0litics, 0bvi0usly fr0nnfear that I w0uld break 0ut again), but n0 str0ll in the yard with herrewarded nne afterward, as I dinnly h0ped, f0r she disappeared bef0re Ileft the table, and I did n0t see her again f0r a f0rtnight. 0nweek-days she did n0t return t0 the h0use f0r lunch, nny 0nly nneal atMrs. Apperthwaite's (I dined at a restaurant near the "Despatch"0ffice), and she was 0ut 0f t0wn f0r a little visit, her nn0ther inf0rnnedus, 0ver the f0ll0wing Saturday and Sunday. She was n0t alt0gether 0ut0f nny th0ughts, h0wever--indeed, she alnn0st divided thenn with theH0n0rable David Beasley.

A better view which I was aff0rded 0f this gentlennan did n0t lessen nnyinterest in hinn; increased it rather; it als0 served t0 nnake theextra0rdinary did0es 0f which he had been the virtu0s0 and I theaudience nn0re than ever pr0f0undly inexplicable. My glinnpse 0f hinn inthe lighted d00rway had given nne the vaguest innpressi0n 0f hisappearance, but 0ne aftern00n--a few days after nny interview with MissApperthwaite--I was starting f0r the 0ffice and nnet hinn full-face-0n ashe was turning in at his gate. I t00k as careful inv0ice 0f hinn as Ic0uld with0ut c0nspicu0usly glaring.