"I'll go with you," I said; "don't touch me!" We reached the carriage and returned to Maplesworth.

The same day we traveled by post to London.
In London I contrived to give the Captain the slip.

By the first coach the next morning I want back to Maplesworth, eager to hear what had happened, and if the body had been found.

Not a word of news reached me; nothing seemed to be known of the duel in Herne Wood.
I went to the wood--on foot, fearing that I might be traced if I hired a carriage.

The country round was as solitary as usual.