They had to go for four full hours, but that seemed a pure pleasure to them; the longer they ran, the more spirit they seemed to get, and Matthew had to keep them from galloping all the time.
In her corner Cornelli meditated as to how she could tell the maid at her arrival that she wanted to visit no one but Dino, and wanted to be taken straight to his room.

She planned also to forbid Dino to call his sisters and his mother, for she wanted to see him alone.

She would pay Dino a long visit and then steal quietly away without being noticed.
She was also reflecting about everything she wanted to tell her friend.
First of all, she had to tell him that the news had at last come out regarding who had been standing on the sofa.

She had told him all about this deep grief she had borne for so long.
So they came to town much sooner than Cornelli had ever thought possible.

The carriage was already halting before the hotel where her father usually stopped, and Cornelli jumped down.
"Shall I come back again in four hours, Papa ?" she asked.