Now get off before I let myself go!" Hyslop went.

One gained nothing by arguing with a brute like Cartwright, and since Mrs.Cartwright's infatuation for her husband could not be disturbed Hyslop knew he must acquiesce.

Cartwright, rather braced by the encounter, went to the library and wrote some letters to Liverpool.
A few days afterwards, he packed his trunk and was driven to the station in Mrs.Cartwright's car.

Grace got up an hour earlier than usual in order to see him off, and when she brought his scarf and gloves Cartwright accepted her ministrations with politeness.

Although he knew she disapproved of him, she thought her duty was to do things like this, and he played up.
When the throb of the car was getting faint she met Mortimer going to the lake.