Her father met her at Waterloo.

He had business in London, and they stayed on for a few days.

Reading between the lines of his later letters, she had felt that all was not well with him.

His old heart trouble had come back; and she noticed that he walked to meet her very slowly.

It would be all right, now that she had returned, he explained: he had been worrying himself about her.
Mrs.Denton had died.