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XI
"A Curious accident our meeting at Innes's."
"A lucky one for me. Far more pleasant living in this house than in
that horrible hotel."
Owen was lying back in an armchair, indulging in sentimental
and fatalistic dreams, and did not like this materialistic
interpretation of his invitation to Ulick to come to stay with him
at Berkeley Square. He wished to see the hand of Providence in
everything that concerned himself and Evelyn, and the meeting with
this young man seemed to point to something more than the young man's
comfort.
"Looked at from another side, our meeting was unlucky. If you hadn't
come in, Innes would have told me more about Evelyn. She must have
an address in London, and he must know it."
"That doesn't seem so sure. She may intend to live in Dulwich when
she returns from America."
"I can't see her living with her father; even the nuns seem more
probable. I wonder how it was that all this time you and she never
ran across each other. Did you never write to her?"
"No; I was abroad a great deal. And, besides, I knew she didn't want
to see me, so what was the good in forcing myself upon her?"
It was difficult for Owen to reprove Ulick for having left Evelyn to
her own devices.
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