After the young woman in the glass cage had held hold up to him across her counter the pale-pink leaflet bearing his friend 's name , which she neatly pronounced pronounce , he turned turn away to find himself , in the hall , facing face a lady who met meet his eyes as with an intention suddenly determined , and whose features -- not freshly young , not markedly fine , but on happy terms with each other -- came come back to him as from a recent vision .

When they reached reach the cottage , the two seated seat themselves with some appearance of fatigue upon the upper step of the porch , facing face each other , each leaning lean against a supporting post .