In the haste of making plans,
she and Knight had forgotten to discuss what they were to do after the
wedding and before their departure; but Knight had found time to decide
the matter.
"These people were the best material I could get hold of at a moment's
notice," he remarked, coolly, when he and Annesley were in the motor-car
he had hired for the journey to Devonshire. "We've used them because we
needed them. Now we don't need them any longer. It seems to me that a
newly married couple ought to keep only dear friends around them or no
one. Later we can repay these three for the favour they've done us, if
you call it a favour. Meanwhile, we'll forget them."
Knight had neglected no detail which could make for Annesley's comfort,
or save her from any embarrassment arising from the hurried wedding. Her
luggage had been packed by a maid in the hotel, and--all but the
dressing-bag and a small box made for an automobile--sent ahead by rail
to Devonshire. She and Knight were to travel in the comfortable limousine
which would protect them against weather. It did not matter, Knight said,
how long they were on the way.
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