Come at once if you are able to; and forgive me if you can.
I suppose I shall realise later what I have done in asking such a favour; but at present I cannot think.

Come! Come at once! MARGARET TRELAWNY." Pain and exultation struggled in my mind as I read; but the mastering thought was that she was in trouble and had called on me--me! My dreaming of her, then, was not altogether without a cause.

I called out to the groom: "Wait! I shall be with you in a minute!" Then I flew upstairs.
A very few minutes sufficed to wash and dress; and we were soon driving through the streets as fast as the horses could go.

It was market morning, and when we got out on Piccadilly there was an endless stream of carts coming from the west; but for the rest the roadway was clear, and we went quickly.

I had told the groom to come into the brougham with me so that he could tell me what had happened as we went along.
He sat awkwardly, with his hat on his knees as he spoke.
"Miss Trelawny, sir, sent a man to tell us to get out a carriage at once; and when we was ready she come herself and gave me the letter and told Morgan--the coachman, sir--to fly.