As soon as her father was asleep, Louise made her way into Catherine's room, and, catching her by the shoulders, shook her.
"Get up—quick! as quick as ever you can! and go and fetch a cab for me!"
Catherine replied that there was not one to be had at such an hour.
"Will you come with me yourself there, then?"
"Where, might I ask?"
"To Frederick's house!"
"Impossible! What do you want to go there for?"
It was in order to have a talk with him. She could not wait. She must see him immediately.
"Just think of what you're about to do! To present yourself this way at a house in the middle of the night! Besides, he's asleep by this time!"
"I'll wake him up!"