| A | B |
| Flashback | "She had been anxious to see how the house was.." |
| Foreshadowing | "She stopped dead and stared at the hall table-on this lay a letter addressed to her." |
| Foreshadowing | "... no humand eye watched Mrs. Drover's return |
| Flashback | "The young girl talking to the soldier in the garden had not ever completely seen his face." |
| Flashback | "He was never kind to me, not really.. Not love, not meaning a person well." |
| foreshadowing | "You may expect m, therefore, at the hour arranged." |
| Foreshadowing | "... she picked up the letter, which bore no stamp." |
| Foreshadowing | "..Without looking round the driver started his engine.." |
| Foreshadowing | ".. one taxi.. appeared already to be alertly waiting for her." |
| Flashback | "... at thirty-two she was very greatly relieved to find herself being courted by William Drover" |