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Lord Fawn was not in the least shaken in his conviction that Lizzie had behaved , and was behaving , badly , and that , therefore , he had better get rid of her ; but he knew that he must be very wary in the reasons he would give for jilting her . He wrote , therefore , a very short note to Greystock , promising that any explanation needed should be given as soon as circumstances should admit of his forming a decision . In the meantime , the 30th of July came , and Lady Eustace was ready for her journey . There is , or there was , a train leaving London for Carlisle at 11 a.m. , by which Lizzie proposed to travel , so that she might sleep in that city and go on through Dumfries to Portray the next morning . This was her scheme ; but there was another part of her scheme as to which she had felt much doubt . Should she leave the diamonds , or should she take them with her ? The iron box in which they were kept was small , and so far portable that a strong man might carry it without much trouble .