Then, as he came to the Ride, he saw that he was not alone. A little further up, emerging from the other direction, was a figure in a green habit. It was clear that Clarinda saw him at the same time he saw her and, although he was too far away to see the expression on her face, he was sure that her lips tightened and her eyes darkened at the sight of him.
It seemed to the man watching her that she almost instinctively turned as if to avoid him, for touching her horse with her whip, she then set off at a headlong gallop down the Ride, obviously doing her utmost to increase her horse’s pace and, thought Lord Melburne with a glint in his eyes, determined to escape him.
She moved so quickly that she had a considerable start on him before Lord Melburne, settling his top hat a little firmer on
