There was a cloud on John Whitecraft's brow; nor did his final farewell sound half so cordial as that which had been spoken within doors.

But then Peveril reflected, that the same guest is not always equally acceptable to landlord and landlady; and unconscious of having done anything to excite the miller's displeasure, he pursued his journey without thinking farther of the matter.
Julian was a little surprised, and not altogether pleased, to find that his new acquaintance held the same road with him.

He had many reasons for wishing to travel alone; and the hostess's caution still rung in his ears.

If this man, possessed of so much shrewdness as his countenance and conversation intimated, versatile, as he had occasion to remark, and disguised beneath his condition, should prove, as was likely, to be a concealed Jesuit or seminary-priest, travelling upon their great task of the conversion of England, and rooting out of the Northern heresy,--a more dangerous companion, for a person in his own circumstances, could hardly be imagined; since keeping society with him might seem to authorise whatever reports had been spread concerning the attachment of his family to the Catholic cause.

At the same time, it was very difficult, without actual rudeness, to shake off the company of one who seemed so determined, whether spoken to or not, to remain alongside of him.
Peveril tried the experiment of riding slow; but his companion, determined not to drop him, slackened his pace, so as to keep close by him.