It's too late for you to catch the midnight boat across the Channel." "Across the Channel ?" echoed Ivor.

"You want me to go to France ?" "Yes." "One could always get across somehow," said Ivor, thoughtfully, "if there were a great hurry." "There is--the greatest.

But in this case, the more haste, the less speed.

That is, if you were to rush off, order a special train, and charter a tug or motor boat at Dover, as I suppose you mean, my object would probably be defeated.

I came to you because those who are watching this business wouldn't be likely to guess I had given you a hand in it.
All that you do, however, must be done quietly, with no fuss, no sign of anything unusual going on.