It seemed to Angela that an infinity of time had passed before they entered the grounds attached to the Kingsnorth house.
She sent a man on ahead to order a room to be prepared and a doctor sent for.
As she saw her brother coming forward to meet her with knit brows and stern eyes she nerved herself to greet him.
"What is this, Angela ?" he asked, looking in amazement at the strange procession.
"Another martyr to our ignorant government, Nathaniel," and she pressed on through the drive to the house..