That wide, slippery word "perhaps" led them into many delusive suppositions.
Very nearly three weeks after John left him in London, Harry announced his purpose of being in Yoden the following afternoon.

He said his furniture and trunks had arrived there three days previously, having gone to Yoden by railway.

In the afternoon John went up the hill to tell his mother and found her thoroughly aware of all Harry's plans.
"I went to Yoden, John, a week ago," she said, "to hire men to meet the furniture and take it to the house.

Well, I can tell you I was a bit amazed to find there had been a lot of workmen there for more than two weeks--paperers, painters, decorators and upholsterers.

I thought you had sent them to Yoden." "Not I! Not one of them.