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LVII

hilip arrived at Victoria Station nearly half an hour be-
Pfore the time which Mildred had appointed, and sat
down in the second-class waiting-room. He waited and she
did not come. He began to grow anxious, and walked into
the station watching the incoming suburban trains; the
hour which she had fixed passed, and still there was no sign
of her. Philip was impatient. He went into the other waiting-
rooms and looked at the people sitting in them. Suddenly
his heart gave a great thud.
‘There you are. I thought you were never coming.’
‘I like that after keeping me waiting all this time. I had
half a mind to go back home again.’
‘But you said you’d come to the second-class waiting-
room.’
‘I didn’t say any such thing. It isn’t exactly likely I’d sit in
the second-class room when I could sit in the first is it?’
Though Philip was sure he had not made a mistake, he
said nothing, and they got into a cab.
‘Where are we dining?’ she asked.
‘I thought of the Adelphi Restaurant. Will that suit you?’
‘I don’t mind where we dine.’
She spoke ungraciously. She was put out by being kept
waiting and answered Philip’s attempt at conversation with
monosyllables. She wore a long cloak of some rough, dark