Outside the coach his voice still urged her, and it grew peevish and angry, as was usual when he was crossed.

In the end she consented to do his will.

If she were to fathom this mystery that was thickening about her there seemed to be no other course.

She turned to Lord Gervase.
"Will you do as Richard says ?" she begged him.
His lordship blew out his chubby cheeks in his astonishment; he hesitated a moment, thinking of his cousin Wilding; then, with a shrug, he leaned from the window and gave the order she desired.

The carriage turned about, and with Richard following lumbered back across the bridge and through the town to Lupton House.