He _was_ coming to us, in order to assure us of his concern, before he had any idea of their not being gone to Scotland: when that apprehension first got abroad, it hastened his journey."
Il se proposait de venir nous exprimer sa contrariété avant meme de savoir qu’ils n’étaient pas partis pour l’Écosse. Des qu’il a été renseigné, il a hâté son voyage.