Lord Alfred tried to escape after putting Madame Melmotte and her daughter into the carriage, but Melmotte insisted on his presence. "You might as well come, Alfred;--there are two or three things I must settle before I go to bed."

Lord Alfred tried to escape after putting Madame Melmotte and her daughter into the carriage, but Melmotte insisted: "Come with me, Alfred; there are two or three things I must settle before I go to bed."
