"Come along, then," said Harkaway; "there is no time to lose."
They hurried along the street at a rate that made the French people stare.
Paquita was the first of the party to turn the corner, and she had no sooner done so than she exclaimed—
"There they are."
And running between a file of soldiers, threw her arms round Harry Girdwood's neck.
Little Emily would have followed her example, but the officer in charge of the escort would not permit any such irregular conduct, and Paquita was compelled to rejoin her friends.
"Hurrah, dad!" exclaimed young Jack; "I knew you would turn up in time. And, mamma, how pale you are looking."
"Can you wonder at it, my boy, considering the anxiety we have all suffered?"
"Mr. Mole, Mr. Mole," exclaimed Dick Harvey, shaking his head, "I am surprised indeed to hear that you have taken to counterfeit coining."
"Harvey, this is really no joking matter," replied Mole.