“He went away. Wait a bit! Said he had business for an excuse.”
“That is to say, he kept up the deception with the people of the inn? and left the lady behind him, in the character of his wife?”
“That’s it.”
“Did he go back to the inn?”
“No.”
“How long did the lady stay there, after he had gone?”
“She staid—well, she staid a few days.”
“And your friend has not seen her since?”
“No.”
“Are your friend and the lady English or Scotch?”