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Helen (melodramatically coming down c.). Who talks to me of justice and mercy!
Rose. Helen, can’t you arrange to have Burgess drive over to that 5.15 train? It would be so lovely to see the men’s faces when the carriage came back empty.
Amy. Gracious! If we only could get the real Ferrol here, in place of the fictitious, and yet make the men think it was Mr. Parker.
Rose. But Lord Ferrol won’t be here till Friday, and by that time the boys will have either found it out, or suspect from the time that it really is the genuine article.
Amy. I’ll tell you what to do. Let me wire my cousin Jack Williams to get himself up as an Englishman, and come up here on Tuesday. I can coach him so that he can pass himself off for Mr. Parker, and the two are enough alike, judging from the description, if disguised, to fool the boys.
Helen. But the moment they were alone with him they would find—
Rose (interrupting). We’ll arrange it so that until we are ready for developments, they shall have no chance to find out.
Rose. But how about Mrs. Wycherly? She knows Mr. Williams, doesn’t she?
Amy. We’ll let her into the secret—she’ll enjoy it as much as any of us.