She had started to her father's house and had left the river at Baynard's Castle stairs.

It was near one o'clock when she left her boat, and the snow, which had been falling for an hour or more, covered the ground.
When she reached the head of the narrow street leading to Upper Thames Street from the river stairs, she found a coach waiting for her.

The driver touched his hat and asked if she was Mistress Jennings.

When she answered that she was, he said I had sent him to watch for her and to take her to Sir Richard's house, the snow being deep and the storm violent.

My name and Sir Richard's fell so glibly from the fellow's tongue that she, suspecting nothing, entered the coach.