He knit his brows, as he always did, involuntarily, when displeased; but he assented.

Then the carriage had to be sent again.

Now carriages and carriage-horses were not numerous at Carbury.

The squire kept a waggonette and a pair of horses which, when not wanted for house use, were employed about the farm.

He himself would walk home from the train, leaving the luggage to be brought by some cheap conveyance.