Wise Course

From A Haunted Hotel (1878) by Wilkie Collins:

He decided forthwith on taking the only wise course that was open under the circumstances. In other words, he decided on taking to flight.

To his servant, this character says:

Now then, softly, Thomas! If your shoes creak, I am a lost man.

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