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The next morning Leigh procured a jacket and waistcoat , with brass buttons ; and a cap with a gold band . He then sauntered along the wharves and went aboard the Trois Freres , and told the skipper that no news had been received of his sister 's husband . It had been agreed that it was best that they should not go to Monsieur Flambard 's house , but that the merchant should call at the lodging , after dark . When Leigh returned to the midday meal , he found that the papers had come back from the mairie , duly stamped and countersigned , and that as no one had been to the house to make inquiries , it was evident that no suspicion had been excited . During the next four or five days Leigh went but little into the town , contenting himself with keeping near the wharves , watching the vessels loading or discharging cargo , and spending much of his time on board the Trois Freres . On the afternoon of the fifth day he saw a lugger approaching and as it came near , he made out , to his great delight , that it was the Henriette . As soon as she dropped anchor in the stream , her boat rowed to the wharves .