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 at the extreme cordiality of the reception. At the same time his brow was wrinkled with per- plexity. Certainly he had never seen anything more beautiful than this so strangely found cousin, and he tried hard to discover when and where he had seen her before. For two years now he had been driving for Mr. Vermont, during which period he had at various times come in contact with most of his employer’s friends and relations, the latter of whom were happily very few; but he could not recollect having seen this lady before. Had he done so he could not possibly have forgotten her. During his stay in London he had scarcely done more than give her a thought. Certainly he had not expected to find her in Guildford on his return. And then his thoughts suddenly flew along another groove, and one which al- most frightened him. Was this the cause of the “guvnor’s” good humour—was this the rea- son why he bore delay with such cheerful in- difference? J. Smales may have had sheep- like eyes, as Andromeda said, but into them came a sudden gleam of intelligence which, had she seen, might have startled her considerably. George was waiting for him in the passage