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Anthony considered a moment . `` Well , what do you propose ? We are willing to stay a day or two , if you think that by then -- '' `` Ah , '' said the landlord , `` to-morrow is another matter . I expect two of my carriages home to-night , sir , from London ; but the horses will not be able to travel till noon to-morrow . '' `` That will do , '' said Anthony ; and he followed Isabel upstairs . It was very strange to them both to be back in England after so long . They had settled down at Douai with the Maxwells ; but , almost immediately on their arrival , Mistress Margaret was sent for by her Superior to the house of her Order at Brussels ; and Lady Maxwell was left alone with Isabel in a house in the town ; for Anthony was in the seminary .