Meanwhile, Mr.Caryll was behaving curiously.

He was tiptoeing towards the door, along the wall, where he was out of line with the keyhole.

He reached it suddenly, and abruptly pulled it open.
There was a squeal, and Mr.Green rolled forward into the room.

Mr.
Caryll kicked him out again before he could rise, and called Leduc to throw him outside.

And that was the last they saw of Mr.Green at Maidstone.
They set out soon afterwards, Mr.Caryll travelling in his lordship's chaise, and Leduc following in his master's.
It was an hour or so after candle-lighting time when they reached Croydon, the country lying all white under a full moon that sailed in a clear, calm sky.