‘The time then has arrived?’ Herbert said, a little incautiously.
‘It has arrived. You are ready, I presume?’
‘I must speak to Dr. Jiggs. I cannot leave the school without his permission, of course.’
‘That is all arranged. When you have got your belongings together, we will start. You are not to return here. You know that, I presume?’
‘We are going to join Lady Farrington?’
The visitor bowed assent.
An hour or two later they were in the train and on the road to London.
There was little conversation between them. Herbert was shy, and his companion by no means talkative or sociable.
‘Where does Lady Farrington live?’ Herbert asked.