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Over all, a sort of summer travelling-cloak, or rather large cape of a waterproof silk, once the extreme mode with the lions of the Chaussee d'Autin whenever they ventured to rove to Swiss cantons or German spas; but which, from a certain dainty effeminacy in its shape and texture, required the minutest elegance in the general costume of its wearer as well as the cleanliest purity in itself.
Sherlock Holmes was pacing up and down the platform, his tall, gaunt figure made even gaunter and taller by his long grey travelling-cloak and close-fitting cloth cap. "It is really very good of you to come, Watson," said he. "It makes a considerable difference to me, having someone with me on whom I can thoroughly rely. Local aid is always either worthless or else biassed.
By the glare of a small oil-lamp affixed to a post, the tall form of a man, wrapped in a large travelling-cloak, could be seen leaning against a wall; he was gazing fixedly at the houses opposite him. The snow beat upon his face, his limbs were stiff from the cold winter wind, his tooth chattered, but he did not seem to feel it.
He held her trembling hands, and said, 'This is not the way to be able to go. Come in here, sit down and tell me. 'It is no use to argue. It is my duty now, said Albinia; but she let him lead her into the room, where Sophy was changing the bright border of a travelling-cloak to crape, and Maurice stood watching, as if stunned. 'It is settled, continued she, rapidly.
During this short dialogue, his daughter had been observant of him, with something more than her usual interest. It would seem as though he had a changed or worn appearance in her eyes, and he perceived and resented it; for he said with renewed peevishness, when he had divested himself of his travelling-cloak, and had come to the fire: 'Amy, what are you looking at?
Thanks to her friend's resources she had been able to exchange her nun's dress for the plain gown and travelling-cloak of a young woman of the middle class; and this dress painfully recalled to Odo the day when he had found her standing beside the broken-down chaise on the road to Vercelli.
If she could slip past him if she could reach the outer door he would never overtake her on the corridor. But she must be brave, she must be subtle, she must watch her opportunity. With some semblance of composure she took out a long travelling-cloak, and walked into the room in which he awaited her. With a start of surprise, she saw him standing by the open window.
"Mamma, there she is, there she is!" "Who? Dame Care?" asked his mother. He did not answer, but began to cry. "Where, then?" continued his mother. "There, at the door," he replied, raising himself and clutching her round the neck, for he was dreadfully frightened. "Oh, you silly little one," said his mother; "that is papa's long travelling-cloak."
For concealment, he contented himself with a large travelling-cloak, a tall felt hat, and a black silk mask. He entered the grounds with an arrival of guests, and knowing the place perfectly, contrived to see something of her behaviour, while he watched for an opportunity of speaking to her alone, a quest of unlikely success.
And then an open carriage became clearly visible, and in the next minute, it could be seen that it was occupied by two persons; a lady and another figure an old man apparently muffled in a huge blue travelling-cloak.
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