But no matter what had happened, I saw my duty plainly before me.
I had not been encouraged to stay, but it is possible that I might have done so without encouragement, but now I saw that I must go.

The Fates, who, as I had hoped, had compelled my stay, now compelled my departure.
"Do not give yourself another thought upon the subject," I said.

"I will settle the whole matter, and nobody need be frightened or disturbed.

The Cheltenham Hotel is only a few miles farther on, and I shall have to walk there anyway.

I will start immediately and take the bear with me.