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aren't any cross-roads to tempt them. Would they turn aside here? No.
Would they turn there? Many more things are inevitable than you fancy."
"
We shall see at once," said Widgery, at the window. "Here comes Phipps.
For my own part--"
"Phipps!" said Mrs. Milton. "Is he hurrying? Does he look--" She rose in
her eagerness, biting her trembling lip, and went towards the window.
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No news," said Phipps, entering.
Ah!" said Widgery.
None?" said Dangle.
Well," said Phipps. "One fellow had got hold of a queer story of a man
in bicycling clothes, who was asking the same question about this time
yesterday."
"
What question?" said Mrs. Milton, in the shadow of the window. She
spoke in a low voice, almost a whisper.
"
Why--Have you seen a young lady in a grey bicycling costume?"
Dangle caught at his lower lip. "What's that?" he said. "Yesterday! A
man asking after her then! What can THAT mean?"
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