What determined the speech that startled him in the course of their encounter scarcelymatters, being probably but some words spoken by himself quite without intention-spoken as they lingered and slowly moved together after their renewal of acquaintance. Hehad been conveyed by friends an hour or two before to the house at which she was staying;the party of visitors at the other house, of whom he was one, and thanks to whom it was histheory, as always,...