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`` To-morrow or next day , '' her father said . `` Mynheer Van Voorden says , ` I am about to start , ' which may mean three days or six . It will need a whole day for your mother and the maids to see to Albert 's clothes , and that all is decent and in order . To-day is Monday , and I think that if we say that Albert will arrive there on Thursday by noon it will do very well . Will you be ready by that time , Edgar ? '' `` Easily enough , Sir Ralph ; for , indeed , as we have no maid , my clothes need but little preparation . I wear them until they are worn out , and then get new ones ; and I doubt not that I shall be able to replenish my wardrobe to-morrow at Dartford . ''