Final answer:
Mr. Lorry and Miss Daisy's acquaintance is recent and formed under casual circumstances, similar to other brief encounters depicted in the excerpts.
Step-by-step explanation:
The passages provided suggest that Mr. Lorry and the young lady, Miss Daisy, have indeed met before, but their acquaintance seems to be quite recent and not deeply established. In the cases of Winterbourne with the pretty American girl in Vevey, and that of Mr. Lorry, there's a theme of brief and newly formed acquaintances rather than long-standing relationships.
For example, Winterbourne just met the young lady in a garden and they conversed for a short period, as indicated when he mentioned they talked "a bit" and suggested introducing her to his aunt. Similarly, in the last passage, Joe and Louisa agreed to marry after a prolonged courtship mostly spent apart.