She turned her head away.
"You will stay here to-night?"
"No, I do not need to sleep to-night."
"You have been riding all day—you cannot go back—like this."
She made an effort to look at him now; he was taking his hat and gloves from the chair where he had thrown them on his entry.
"I shall walk to Brenton and get a horse there; I must be in London as soon as may be."
He put on his cloak over his bright shining dress and fastened the heavy clasps.
"You will leave them, like this?" asked Miss Chressham.
"There is no more to say," he answered.