2. NOVEMBER THE EIGHTEENTHIt was on a Friday in this month of November that Owen Graye
paid a visit to his sister.
His zealous integrity still retained for him the situation at
Budmouth, and in order that there should be as little interruption
as possible to his duties there, he had decided not to come to
Knapwater till late in the afternoon, and to return to Budmouth by
the first train the next morning, Miss Aldclyffe having made a
point of frequently offering him lodging for an unlimited period,
to the great pleasure of Cytherea.
He reached the house about four o'clock, and ringing the bell,
asked of the page who answered it for Miss Graye.
When Graye spoke the name of his sister, Manston, who was just
coming out from an interview with Miss Aldclyffe, passed him in the
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