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She hoped the police would not forget them either . But Hastings ' offer to stay till the girls came back from the Millsborough crowds and bands at about nine o'clock quite eased her mind . And meanwhile she and Hastings , as had been agreed , kept their anxieties from Rachel . Rachel went off at twelve o'clock in her khaki suit , driving a spirited young horse in a high cart , which was filled with farm produce . She was to take early dinner with some new friends , and then to go and look at a Jersey cow which Janet coveted , in a farm on the other side of Millsborough . `` Do n't wait tea for me , '' she said to Janet , `` I shall get some somewhere . '' And then with a smile to them both she was off .