Chapter 46

           Thechurchclockschimedthreequarterspasteleven,astwofiguresemergedonLondonBridge.One,whichadvancedwithaswiftandrapidstep,wasthatofawomanwholookedeagerlyaboutherasthoughinquestofsomeexpectedobject;theotherfigurewasthatofaman,whoslunkalonginthedeepestshadowhecouldfind,and,atsomedistance,accommodatedhispacetohers:stoppingwhenshestopped:andasshemovedagain,creepingstealthilyon:butneverallowinghimself,intheardourofhispursuit,togainuponherfootsteps.Thus,theycrossedthebridge,fromtheMiddlesextotheSurreyshore,whenthewoman,apparentlydisappointedinheranxiousscrutinyofthefoot-passengers,turnedback.Themovementwassudden;buthewhowatchedher,wasnotthrownoffhisguardbyit;for,shrinkingintooneoftherecesseswhichsurmountthepiersofthebridge,andleaningovertheparapetthebettertoconcealhisfigure,hesufferedhertopassontheoppositepavement.Whenshewasaboutthesamedistanceinadvanceasshehadbeenbefore,heslippedquietlydown,andfollowedheragain.Atnearlythecentreofthebridge,shestopped.Themanstoppedtoo.

           Itwasaverydarknight.Thedayhadbeenunfavourable,andatthathourandplacetherewerefewpeoplestirring.Suchastherewere,hurriedquicklypast:verypossiblywithoutseeing,butcertainlywithoutnoticing,eitherthewoman,orthemanwhokeptherinview.

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