"But he might not believe you."
"Then I would bring him across here and let him see for himself and hear your own wishes out of your own mouth."
"But he would not consent for me to be out of his sight for more than a day or two at the outside."
"Then to avoid trouble and hard words we will mention a day or two—wind and weather permitting."
"Oh! Mr. Harvey, if you could get me clean away from them without any unpleasantness, I should be more thankful than words can tell."
"I'll do it, my dear. And when Peter J. Harvey says he'll do a thing, why, that thing is done. Now give me the location of this Lord Tregony."
"Oh! he isn't a lord," Madeline laughed, "he's only a baronet."
"Well, it's all the same to me. He wouldn't alarm me if he were your Attorney-General."
"Don't you think I had better go back with you. I'm afraid they'll be getting alarmed at my long absence."
"I thought you tumbled across a page-boy belonging to the hotel and sent word by him that you would not be back till evening."