So he prevailed, and gave him the trust he sought, in Spite of Albemarle's expressed reluctance.

And never did bloodhound set out more relentlessly purposeful upon a scent than did Sir Rowland follow now in what he believed to be the track of this man who stood between him and Ruth Westmacott.

Until Ruth was widowed, Sir Rowland's hopes of her must lie fallow; and so it was with a zest that he flung himself into the task of widowing her.
As the party passed out of view round the angle of the white road, Trenchard made his way back to Wilding to tell him what he had seen and to lay before him, for his enucleation, the problem of Blake's being the leader of it.

But Wilding thought little of Blake, and cared little of what he might be the leader.
"We'll stay here," said he, "until they have passed the crest of the hill." This, Trenchard told him, was his own purpose; for to leave their concealment earlier would be to reveal themselves to any of the troopers who might happen to glance over his shoulder.
And so they waited some ten minutes or so, and then walked their horses slowly and carefully forward through the trees towards the road.

Wilding was alongside and slightly ahead of Trenchard; Vallancey followed close upon their tails.