But the memory of that Sunday afternoon in Beaufort Gardens lay upon her like a load crushing all the comfort out of her knowledge.
Drake caught his steamer at Southampton, and the President at Madeira.

He was received warmly as an old acquaintance, warily as a negotiator.
However, he extracted the concession as the boat passed up Southampton Water, and disembarked with a signed memorandum in his pocket.

At Southampton post-office he received a bundle of letters which had been forwarded to him from his chambers in London.

He slipped them into his coat, and went at once on board the Guernsey steamer.

At Guernsey, the next morning, he embarked on the little boat which runs between Guernsey and Sark.