He had absolute faith in Fricker's driving and knowledge of the roads.
They had been travelling for the greater part of an hour, when Doris at length relaxed from her tense attitude and lay back in her corner, nestling into it with a long shiver.
Brandon was instantly on the alert.
"I'm sure you are cold.

Here's a rug here.

Let me--" "Oh, do please leave me alone!" she said, with a sob.

"I'm so horribly tired." Beseechingly almost she laid her hand upon his arm with the words.
The touch fired him.

He considered that he had been patient long enough.