"I shall not go by the train," said Richard; "let a carriage and pair be brought round instantly, without a moment's delay."
The waiter hurried out to execute the order.
"But you will surely return home, Richard, after what has happened?" said Harry, thinking of his mother's funeral.
"The dead can wait," returned he, solemnly. "Go you back to town. In three days' time, if you do not hear from me, come down to Gethin with Charles and Agnes."
"But I dare not, unless my husband send for me."
"He will send for you," said Richard, solemnly; "or others will in his behalf."
Without one word or sign of farewell he suddenly rushed by her, and was gone. A carriage stood at the front-door of the hotel, which had just returned from taking a bride and bridegroom to the railway station, and she saw him hurry into it.
"Fast! fast!" she heard him cry, through the open window; and then he was whirled away.