There's always the train," said the millionaire.
"The train! Twelve hours in the train--with all those changes! You don't mean that you will actually go to Paris by train ?" said the Duke.
"I do," said the millionaire.

"Come along--I must go and tell Germaine; there's no time to waste," and he hurried off to the chateau.
"Get the lamps lighted, Jean, and make sure that the tank's full.

As for the engine, I must humour it and trust to luck.

I'll get her to Paris somehow," said the Duke.
He went back to the chateau, and Firmin followed him.
When the Duke came into the great hall he found Germaine and her father indulging in recriminations.

She was declaring that nothing would induce her to make the journey by train; her father was declaring that she should.