She was right.

I was but amusing myself with her at first, and had no more thought of marrying her than I had of flying.

But there, it is no use talking about the future; the thing now is to get out of this trap.

I have felt like a rat in a cage with a terrier watching me for the last month, and long to be on horseback again, with the chance of making a fight for my life.

What a fool Bathurst was to throw away the chance!" Bathurst, his work done, had looked into the hall where the others were gathered, and hearing that the Doctor was alone on watch had gone up to him.
"I was just thinking, Bathurst," the Doctor said, as he joined him, "about that fight today.