He had met Armitage at quite the least imaginable spot in the world for an encounter between them; and he was not a man who enjoyed surprises.

He had taken care that the exposure of Armitage at Washington should be telegraphed to every part of the country, and put upon the cables.

He had expected Armitage to leave Washington, but he had no idea that he would turn up at a fashionable resort greatly affected by Washingtonians and only a comparatively short distance from the capital.

He was at a great disadvantage in not knowing Armitage's plans and strategy; his own mind was curiously cunning, and his reasoning powers traversed oblique lines.
He was thus prone to impute similar mental processes to other people; simplicity and directness he did not understand at all.

He had underrated Armitage's courage and daring; he wished to make no further mistakes, and he walked back toward the hotel with apparent good grace.