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and sang : `` Here we go to London-town : Tri-de-laddie ! Tri-de-laddie ! See the King with his golden crown , Tri-de-laddie , O ! '' By noon the Abrahams and Rebekah were being tugged out of harbour , to the hand-wavings and god-speeds of seven emigrant-boats by the quay ; but it was not till five that the Regent 's emissaries could obtain a special train on the thronged lines ; and not till after seven did they arrive with Margaret at the Palace-gates . Now , that night the Lord Regent and the Prince of Wales were attending a banquet at the Guildhall , given in honour of sea-rent reduction on British ships , and at the moment when Margaret arrived Hogarth , already _ en route _ , thinking of Rebekah , muttered : `` By now she is here ! '' But since Frankl , on getting news of the disappearance of Margaret , had at once conjectured the hand of Hogarth , as Margaret was being handed from the cab at the Palace-gates , she saw two terrible eyes , and , snatching her hand free , flew screaming down the street -- eyes of Frankl , who , conjecturing that hither she would be brought , had taken stand there half the afternoon , knowing precisely the effect upon her of the sight of his face ; and said he : `` You see , you have n't got her yet -- though you _ shall _ have her to your heart 's content ... '' As she could only run southward or northward , he had posted two motor-cars , one containing a clerk to south , the other Harris , to north , so that , as she ran , one or other should catch her , hustle her in , and dash away . In fact , she ran north , right into the arms of Harris , her surprised guardians still ten yards behind ; and `` Quick ! ''