With her influence to back me, I had no great fear of our man changing his mind.

I had the door watched that night, however, so as to make quite sure of him.

The next morning he was ready to time when I called, and a quarter of an hour after that we were off together for the north road.

We made the journey with post-horses, being afraid of chance passengers, you know, in public conveyances.

On the way down, Mr.James Smith and I got on as comfortably together as if we had been a pair of old friends.