FIFTEENAN hour after Jeffery’s departure, I climbed a tor to try to find out if he had left the farmhouse. I did not see any sign of him there, and presently discovered him and another horseman much nearer than I had expected on the winding moor road going toward Bodmin. I returned to the cottage and asked Rene to cut short his stay here and leave at once for Falmouth. We would travel and live together, and I would stay there with him until his departure for France.
He agreed without asking questions. He packed his few belongings and mine; the pots and kettles and bedding could be retrieved by Jarge. Rene carrying his heavy packsack and his big valise, I unburdened except for a light bag, we left the cottage with hardly a backward glance. He knew that I was too badly frightened to take te
