 After ordering an early dinner, Bathurst is said to have spent several hours writing in a small room set aside for him at the inn.The travellers' departure was delayed and it was not until 9 pm that they were told that the horses were about to be harnessed to their carriage.Bathurst immediately left his room, followed shortly afterwards by Krause, who was surprised to find Bathurst was not in the chaise when he reached it and indeed was nowhere to be found.