When Georgiana urged that other people had money to go abroad, her father told her that a time was coming in which she might think it lucky if she had a house over her head. This, however, she took as having been said with poetical licence, the same threat having been made more than once before. The treaty was very clear, and the parties to it were prepared to carry it out with fair honesty. The Melmottes were being treated with decent courtesy, and the house in town was not dismantled.

He told Georgiana that a time was coming when she might think herself lucky to have a roof over her head. This she took as poetic licence, since he had made the same threat before. However, both parties to the treaty were prepared to carry it out honestly.
