He would do so. He trembled with excessive
nervousness, and but for the sharp, contemptuous directions given
him by Miss Sparkes must have hopelessly bungled the undertaking.
Indeed, it was not easy to carry out in the confusion before a
theatre when the audience is leaving, and bearing in mind the
regulations concerning vehicles. Their scheme was based upon the
certainty that the carriage must proceed at a very moderate pace for
some two or three hundred yards; within that limit or a very little
beyond it--at all events, before his breath was
exhausted--Christopher would certainly be able to hail a cab.
"Tell the cabby they're friends of yours," said Polly, "and you're
going to the same 'ouse. You look quite respectable enough with your
'igh 'at. That's what I like about you; you always look
respectable."
"But--but he will set me down right beside the people."
"Well, what if he does, gooseberry? Can't you just pay him quietly?
They'll think you're for next door."
"But--but it may be a big house by itself somewhere."
"Well, silly.
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