Who had asked him to arrange for these bills?
And yet Lopez was well aware that he intended that poor Sexty should "arrange" for them, in the event of his failure to make arrangements with Mr.Wharton.
At last he was quite unable to let the fortnight pass by without beginning the lessons which his wife had to learn.

As for that first intention as to driving his cares out of his own mind for that time, he had long since abandoned even the attempt.

It was necessary to him that a considerable sum of money should be extracted from the father-in-law, at any rate before the end of January, and a week or even a day might be of importance.

They had hurried on southwards from Paris, and before the end of the first week had passed over the Simplon, and were at a pleasant inn on the shores of Como.

Everything in their travels had been as yet delightful to Emily.