With the exception of saying "Indeed!" on three or four occasions she kept silent all the way to Binchester, and, arrived there, departed for home in a cab, in spite of a most pressing invitation from Mrs.Stobell to stay with her until her own house was habitable.
Mr.Tredgold parted from them both with relief.

The voyage had been a source of wonder to him from its first inception, and the day's proceedings had only served to increase the mystery.

He made a light supper and, the house being too quiet for his taste, went for a meditative stroll.

The shops were closed and the small thoroughfares almost deserted.

He wondered whether it was too late to call and talk over the affair with Captain Bowers, and, still wondering, found himself in Dialstone Lane.
Two or three of the houses were in darkness, but there was a cheerful light behind the drawn blind of the captain's sitting-room.