"I was trying to get to see his lordship, but did not." "What did you want with him?
What brought you back to Calne ?" "I wanted to get from him a guarantee for--for what your lordship knows of; which he had omitted to give, and I had not thought to ask for," civilly replied the man.

"I was looking about for his lordship on the Tuesday morning, but did not get to see him.

In the afternoon, when the boat-race was over, I made bold to call at Hartledon, but the servants said his lordship wasn't in.

As I came away, I saw him, as I thought, pass the lodge and go up the road, and I cut after him, but couldn't overtake him, and at last lost sight of him.

I struck into a tangled sort of pathway through the gorse, or whatever it's called down here, and it brought me out near the river.