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Chapter 2
”Iremindedthemthatallpublic-houseswereclosedtillsixo’clock.Stillbrooksaid,“That’sallright—bona-fidetravellers.”
Wearrived;andasIwastryingtopass,themaninchargeofthegatesaid:“Wherefrom?”Ireplied:“Holloway.”Heimmediatelyputuphisarm,anddeclinedtoletmepass.Iturnedbackforamoment,whenIsawStillbrook,closelyfollowedbyCummingsandGowing,makefortheentrance.Iwatchedthem,andthoughtIwouldhaveagoodlaughattheirexpense,Iheardtheportersay:“Wherefrom?”When,tomysurprise,infactdisgust,Stillbrookreplied:“Blackheath,”andthethreewereimmediatelyadmitted.
Gowingcalledtomeacrossthegate,andsaid:“Weshan’tbeaminute.”Iwaitedforthemthebestpartofanhour.Whentheyappearedtheywereallinmostexcellentspirits,andtheonlyonewhomadeanefforttoapologisewasMr.Stillbrook,whosaidtome:“Itwasveryroughonyoutobekeptwaiting,butwehadanotherspinforS.andB.’s.”Iwalkedhomeinsilence;Icouldn’tspeaktothem.Ifeltverydullalltheevening,butdeemeditadvisablenottosayanythingtoCarrieaboutthematter.
April16.—Afterbusiness,settoworkinthegarden.WhenitgotdarkIwrotetoCummingsandGowing(whoneithercalled,forawonder;perhapstheywereashamedofthemselves)aboutyesterday’sadventureat“TheCowandHedge.”Afterwardsmadeupmymindnottowriteyet.
April17.
