She went first to remove her walking apparel, and did not hasten the process.

When she at length entered the drawing-room Wilfrid was pacing about in his accustomed fashion.
'You here ?' she exclaimed, with a dubious shake of the head.

'Why so soon ?' 'So soon! The time has gone more quickly with you than with me, Mrs.
Baxendale.' Clearly he had not spent the last three months in ease of mind.

His appearance was too like that with which he had come from Oxford on the occasion of his break-down.
'I could bear it no longer,' he continued.

'I cannot let her go away without seeing her.' 'You will go this evening ?' 'Yes, I must.