Mariano, I'm off for Naples. Sharp's the word!
MARIANO
It is too late for the boat, Milor'. You must drive to Castellamare for the train.
HAWCASTLE
There's a carriage waiting for me at the gate yonder. Get these things into it quick—quick!
[MARIANO beckons porters from the hotel. Porters enter sharply and carry bags, etc., off.]
[Meanwhile, HAWCASTLE, without pause, continues rapidly and in an excited voice to ALMERIC and LADY CREECH.]
You must see it through; you mustn't let the thing fail; what's more, you've got to hurry it, just as if I were here. This girl gave her word last night that she'd stick.[pg 156]
LADY CREECH
But she's behaving very peculiarly this morning. Outrageously would be nearer it.