He had got all he wanted--at present.

He gathered up his reins.
"Thank you so much, and your brother, too, Miss Cynthia," he said, without looking up.

Then, adding, with a parting glance and smile, "But don't tell Bob how stupid I was," he swiftly departed.
In half an hour he was at the Green Springs Hotel.

As he rode into the stable yard, he noticed that the coach had only just arrived, having been detained by a land-slip on the Summit road.

With the recollection of Bob fresh in his mind, he glanced at the loungers at the stage office.