"It's a long time since I've seen her," said Johnny.
"Why, you saw her just this minute," said Lady Julia.
"I didn't look at her," said Johnny. Therefore, when he again met Major Grantly, having continued to put two and two together with great ingenuity, he felt quite sure that the man had nothing to do with the arch-enemy, and he determined to be gracious. "Did you find them at home at Allington?" he said, raising his hat.
"How do you do again?" said the major. "Yes, I found your friend Mrs. Dale at home."
"But not her daughter, or my cousin? They were up there;—where I've come from. But, perhaps, they had got back before you left."
"I saw them both. They found me on the road with Mr. Dale."
"What,—the squire? Then you have seen everybody?"
"Everybody I wished to see at Allington."
"But you wouldn't stay at the 'Red Lion?'"
"Well, no. I remembered that I wanted to get back to London; and as I had seen my friends, I thought I might as well hurry away."