Book 2

, chap. vii.]

[Illustration: HE STOPPED AT THE CORNER, SEEMING TO LOOK BACK EXPECTANTLY UP THE STREET AS IF HE HAD MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH SOME ONE TO MEET HIM THERE; BUT HE KEPT A CAREFUL EYE ON THE THREE. WHEN THEY CAME TOGETHER, THE MAN TOOK OFF HIS HAT AND MADE MISS WADE A BOW--