Finally, he saw that a delay of a week would be inevitable; and the solicitor, having gained the day so far, relented, and allowed him to hope that after a week's application to business, he would be in a position to please himself.
Next day Maurice was left alone at Hunsdon.

He wrote his last letter to his father, and being determined to follow it himself so shortly, he sent no message to the Costellos.

Then he set to work hard and steadily to clear the way for his departure..