Hardcastle prays to herself that Tony will come to no harm, Tony tries to dissuade Hardcastle from investigation by claiming he was talking to himself and so the latter did not hear any voices. Hardcastle enters and is surprised to find Tony back so soon. He instructs her to hide in the thickets, which she does. Hardcastle out on his nightly walk, and so exaggerates the appearance to convince his mother it must be a highwayman. She wonders whether the night could grow worse through a robbery, and almost right away, Tony points out a hat that can be spied over the bushes.
Hardcastle enters, terrified and lamenting being so far from home. Tony stresses that his means of conflict resolution has proved superior since no one has been harmed, and Hardcastle agrees. Thinking herself 40 miles from home, Mrs.
He drove the horses around in circles, through difficult areas, until he finally crashed the carriage into a horse-pond nearby. He assures Hastings he is "the best friend you have in the world" and explains what he's done. Hastings waits alone, sure Tony will not come, when the latter finally arrives, covered in mud. The scene shifts now to the back of the garden. When she answers that Marlow did indeed meet her more than once and spoke in effusive tones, Sir Charles is certain she lies, since he knows his son's manner to be "modest." There is an irreconcilable perspective amongst them, so Kate proposes they all meet in a half-hour, and the men can listen behind a screen while she confronts Marlow. Kate enters almost right away, and the two elders interrogate her. Hardcastle, who saw Marlow take her hand in Act III, accuses him of lying, while Marlow continues to insist that their meeting was "without emotion." Sir Charles attempts to rectify the situation, but neither man understands why the other believes what he does, and Marlow leaves. They discuss his daughter, whom Marlow praises but says he did not share any intimacy with. Marlow enters to apologize again for his impudence, but Hardcastle is able to laugh it off. Hardcastle shares that Kate believes the two young people like one another, but Charles Marlow waits to see for himself. He exits as Hardcastle and Charles Marlow enter, laughing about young Marlow mistaking Hardcastle for an innkeeper, and Charles Marlow offers that his son will not need much fortune in the way of dowry, since he is already wealthy. The servant also tells him that Charles Marlow has arrived, and Hastings, who still wants to avoid detection, heads to the garden even though he has little faith Tony will save him. Hardcastle and Constance left a while before, and must be far away. Hastings enters with a servant, who tells him that Mrs.
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