'Don't you know?
She's going to stay for a fortnight with Mrs.Grayper.

Mrs.
Grayper's going to have a lot of company.' Oh! If that was it, I was quite ready to go.

I waited, in the utmost impatience, until my mother came home from Mrs.Grayper's (for it was that identical neighbour), to ascertain if we could get leave to carry out this great idea.

Without being nearly so much surprised as I had expected, my mother entered into it readily; and it was all arranged that night, and my board and lodging during the visit were to be paid for.
The day soon came for our going.

It was such an early day that it came soon, even to me, who was in a fever of expectation, and half afraid that an earthquake or a fiery mountain, or some other great convulsion of nature, might interpose to stop the expedition.