He listened, hesitated; his foot on the lowest stair.
The butler came round the corner to announce the carriage.
"I shall be back in four days at furthest," Lord Newhaven said to him, and turning, went on quickly to the hall, where the piercing night air came in with the stamping of the impatient horses' hoofs.
A minute later the two listening women up-stairs heard the carriage drive away into the darkness, and a great silence settled down upon the house..