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`` Come along , then , '' said Passe-partout , laughing loudly ; `` I knew you could not leave us . Come and engage your berth . '' So they went to the office , and took four places . But the clerk informed them that the _ Carnatic _ , having had her repairs completed , would sail that evening at eight o'clock , and not next morning , as previously announced . `` Very good , '' said Passe-partout , `` that will suit my master exactly . I will go and tell him . '' And now Fix determined to make a bold move .