I had only seen her in a half-dark room.

In outdoor clothes and with a veil, I should never have been able to identify her without very close inspection.

Besides there was the disguise or make-up." "Not at that time.

She would hardly come disguised to her own house, for it might have led to her being challenged and asked who she was.

I think we may take it that there was no actual disguise, although she would probably wear a shady hat and a veil; which would have prevented either of us from picking her out from the other women in the street." "And what do you think happened next ?" "I think that she simply walked past us--probably on the other side of the road--as we stood waiting for the omnibus, and turned up Kennington Park Road.