There was nothing for it, however, but implicit obedience; so we bade good-bye to our rueful friend, and a couple of hours afterwards we were at the station of Coombe Tracey and had dispatched the trap upon its return journey.
Je n’avais qu’à obéir aveuglément. Aussi nous fîmes nos adieux à notre ami désolé ; deux heures plus tard nous étions à la gare de Coombe Tracey.