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-- My note will not at all surprise the Governor , because it has been the common talk of the town for the last two months that you were going to be married to Lady Laura , and most likely the good Governor has not heard of the Duke 's whims at Somersbury . The note will therefore only serve as a reason for your wishing to go out late at night , which is contrary to rules , you know . The Governor will give orders about it to his subordinates , as he is going down to spend a day or two at Hampton Court , and testify his duty to the King . If , therefore , you go away with your attendants towards midnight , you will find nobody up who knows the Duke , and a livery jacket and badge may cover whomsoever you like . A carriage can be waiting for you on Tower Hill , and a small brig called the Skimmer is lying with papers sealed and everything prepared a little below Greenwich . -- Now , Wilton , '' he added , `` if this does not succeed in your hands , it is your fault . Do you agree to every part of this as I have laid it before you ? ''