half past ten
At the house where the driver stopped , they were received as expected guests . Their disguises were quickly exchanged for dresses from their carpet-bags , which had been conveyed out in Madame 's boxes , and smuggled into the carriage by their invisible protector . Flora , who was intent upon having things seem a little like a wedding , made a garland of orange-buds for her sister 's hair , and threw over her braids a white gauze scarf . The marriage ceremony was performed at half past ten ; and at midnight Madame was alone with _ her protégées _ in the cabin of the ship Victoria , dashing through the dark waves under a star-bright sky . Mr. Fitzgerald lingered on the wharf till the vessel containing his treasure was no longer visible . Then he returned to the carriage , and was driven to his hotel . Notwithstanding a day of very unusual excitement and fatigue , when he retired to rest he felt no inclination to sleep .