Maggie's carriage barely disappeared from Huntington Hall's grounds before Helena Davies too took her leave.
In order to avoid unwanted attention, she shed her beautiful dress and changed into a washer woman's clothing before stealing out of the mansion.
Following a familiar narrow path branching off the main road, she journeyed for some time until reaching the small house on the outskirts of town that Lloyd and Nicholas Cunningham had called home since their eviction from Huntington Hall.
The small house served as a temporary refuge, a place to plot their moves until they could reclaim Huntington Hall as their rightful home.
At this time of the day, both men were present.
And they were surprised to see her in front of their door, panting heavily from completing the short trip.
