Some time after midnight, when the house had long been dark and perfectly quiet, the uneasy man took a last look, and then sought a cab to convey him home.
The letter of which he had spoken reached Monica's hands next morning.
It was a very respectful invitation to accompany the writer on a drive in Surrey.

Widdowson proposed to meet her at Herne Hill railway station, where his vehicle would be waiting.

'In passing, I shall be able to point out to you the house which has been my home for about a year.' As circumstances were, it would be hardly possible to accept this invitation without exciting curiosity in her sisters.

The Sunday morning would be occupied, probably, in going to the new lodgings and making the acquaintance of her future companion there; in the afternoon, her sisters were to pay here a visit, as Alice had decided to start for Somerset on the Monday.

She must write a refusal, but it was by no means her wish to discourage Widdowson altogether.