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Geoffrey noticed that she looked smarter and less to his taste than ever . However , she embraced Effie with an enthusiasm which the child scarcely responded to , and at the same time carried on an ocular flirtation with a ticket collector . Although early in the year for yellow fogs , London was plunged in a dense gloom . It had been misty that morning at Bryngelly , and become more and more so as the day advanced ; but , though it was not yet four o'clock , London was dark as night . Luckily , however , it is not far from Paddington to the flat near the Edgware Road , where Geoffrey lived , so having personally instructed the cabman , he left Anne to convoy Effie and the luggage , and went on to the Temple by Underground Railway with an easy mind . Shortly after Geoffrey reached his chambers in Pump Court the solicitor arrived as had been arranged , not his uncle -- who was , he learned , very unwell -- but a partner . To his delight he then found that Beatrice 's ghost theory was perfectly accurate ; the boy with the missing toe-joint had been discovered who saw the whole horrible tragedy through a crack in the blind ; moreover the truth had been wrung from him and he would be produced at the trial -- indeed a proof of his evidence was already forthcoming .