In a couple of minutes Patsey came down.

She had the letter that she had written in her hand.

Leigh took it from her.
"I have already settled up with our kind hostess," he said.

"Say goodbye, dear, at once, or the boat may be starting without us." A minute later they were out of the house.

Leigh carried Louis, and led the way to a spot near, where two or three fiacres were always standing.