If it is not, they, as pleading for him, will have overshot the mark of prudence.
On the 28th of July Shelley left London with Mary Godwin, who up to this date had remained beneath her father's roof.

There was some secrecy in their departure, because they were accompanied by Miss Clairmont, whose mother disapproved of her forming a third in the party.

Having made their way to Dover, they crossed the Channel in an open boat, and went at once to Paris.

Here they hired a donkey for their luggage, intending to perform the journey across France on foot.

Shelley, however, sprained his ancle, and a mule-carriage was provided for the party.