On October 1, the day after Crispin left, Cynthia got conflicting
stories from her uncles, Joseph left, and Gregory drank himself into a
fever. On October 2, Gregory confessed to Cynthia, and Crispin
came to her late that day; they then concerted their departure for the
next evening.
There is a bit of confusion in the text. For example, on the day
before their flight Cynthia tells Crispin that Joseph "had set out four
days ago for London" [Chapter XXIV], when in fact he left only
yesterday.
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