All the shops were shut in the place, and scarcely a soul abroad in the street, and when he banged at a door a window was apt to open.

He seemed to consider that the conduct of business from open windows was an entirely legitimate and obvious method.

Finally he and Bensington got the Red Lion dog-cart and set off with the waggonette, to overtake the baggage.

They did this a little beyond the cross-roads, and so reached Hickleybrow first.
Bensington, with a gun between his knees, sitting beside Cossar in the dog-cart, developed a long germinated amazement.

All they were doing was, no doubt, as Cossar insisted, quite the obvious thing to do, only--! In England one so rarely does the obvious thing.