'I shall be afraid of Didon if it's delayed long.'
'There's the money to get, and all that.'
'I can get some money. Mamma has money in the house.'
'How much?' asked the baronet eagerly.
'A hundred pounds, perhaps;--perhaps two hundred.
'That would help certainly. I must go to your father for money. Won't that be a sell? To get it from him, to take you away!'
It was decided that they were to go to New York on a Thursday,--on Thursday week if possible, but as to that he was to let her know in a day or two. Didon was to pack up the clothes and get them sent out of the house. Didon was to have £50 before she went on board; and as one of the men must know about it, and must assist in having the trunks smuggled out of the house, he was to have £10. All had been settled beforehand, so that Sir Felix really had no need to think about anything. 'And now,' said Marie, 'there's Didon. Nobody's looking and she can open that gate for you. When we're gone, do you creep out. The gate can be left, you know. Then we'll get out on the other side.' Marie Melmotte was certainly a clever girl.