8 o'clock
I can only jot down the bare facts -- I have no time for reflections . But fancy Caroline travelling across the continent of Europe with a chit of a girl , who will be more of a charge than an assistance ! They will be a mark for every marauder who encounters them . Evening : 8 o'clock . -- Yes , it is as I surmised . She has gone to join him . A note posted by her in Budmouth Regis at daybreak has reached me this afternoon -- thanks to the fortunate chance of one of the servants calling for letters in town to-day , or I should not have got it until to-morrow .