Then he left.

He went to his chambers, gave Jacques instructions, did some writing, and returned at four.

Mrs.Gasgoyne had not come back.

She had telegraphed that she would not be in for lunch.
There was nothing remarkable in Gaston's and Delia's farewell.

She thought he looked worn, and ought to have change, showing in every word that she trusted him, and was anxious that he should be, as she put it gaily, "comfy." She was composed.