But I hear the rumble of wheels.

It is her carriage.

Now carry out my orders to the letter." As he spoke the gleam of the side-lights of a carriage came round the curve of the avenue.

It was a smart little landau which rattled up to the door of Briony Lodge.

As it pulled up, one of the loafing men at the corner dashed forward to open the door in the hope of earning a copper, but was elbowed away by another loafer, who had rushed up with the same intention.