He must have gone to the station first, or he would have met you sooner." To all this Nan listened with a set face, while she raced through her dressing.

She made no comment whatever.

The only signs that she heard lay in her tense expression and unsteady fingers.
They did not descend till the last minute, just as the carriage containing the Colonel and three more of his daughters was driving away.
Piet was standing like a massive statue in the hall.

As the two girls came down, he moved forward.
"I have kept the motor for you," he said.
Mona thanked him.

Nan did not utter a word.