I had not notified to Mrs. Fairfax the exact day of my return; for I did not wish either car or carriage to meet me at Millcote. I proposed to walk the distance quietly by myself; and very quietly, after leaving my box in the ostler's care, did I slip away from the George Inn, about six o'clock of a June evening, and take the old road to Thornfield: a road which lay chiefly through fields, and was now little frequented.
Non avevo annunziato alla signora Fairfax il giorno preciso del mio ritorno, perché non desideravo che mi mandasse la carrozza a Millcote; volevo fare la via a piedi; e dopo aver lasciato all'albergatore il baule, partii una sera di giugno alle sei per Thornfield, seguendo l'antica via attraverso i campi, che era poco frequentata.