So I asked Mr.
Plank, and he said you had discarded your crutches too soon and had fallen and lamed yourself again.

Are you able to walk yet ?" "Yes, of course." "Outdoors ?" "A--no, not just yet." "In other words, you are practically bedridden." "No, no! I can get about the room very well." "You couldn't go down-stairs--for an hour's drive, could you ?" "Can't manage that for awhile," he said hastily.
"Oh, the vanity of you, Stephen Siward! the vanity! Ashamed to let me see you when you are not your complete and magnificently attractive self! Silly, I shall see you! I shall drive down on the first sunny morning and sit outside in my victoria until you can't stand the temptation another instant.

I'm going to do it.

You cannot stop me; nobody can stop me.

I desire to do it, and that is sufficient, I think, for everybody concerned.