Text: He could not recognize a man whom he had probably only seen in the distance, since, you remember, he himself had only been in the village a fortnight, and Mrs. Inglethorp dealt principally with Coot's in Tadminster."
Entailment: Since his stay in the village had been short, he couldn't identify the man.
Contradiction: He explained that he had lived in the village all his life and could recognize every face.