But when once he had started, he did not wait.

He was as swift now as he had been slow, and my heart throbbed and triumphed because of his eagerness, though in truth I was afraid of him.

Dolcy, you know, is very fleet, and when I touched her with the whip she soon put half a mile between me and the village.

Then I brought her to a walk and--and he quickly overtook me.
"When he came up to me he said: 'I feared to follow you, though I ardently wished to do so.

I dreaded to tell you my name lest you should hate me.
Sir Malcolm at The Peacock said he would not disclose to you my identity.
I am John Manners.