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had several opportunities of eluding him. One thing, however, seemed reasonably certain, and that was that whatever place above the border she was going to, Montreal would be her first destination. Renewed examination of the guide revealed the fact that subsequent to his arrival in Boston there were two trains which he might take to reach Montreal; one at nine o'clock, and one at eleven. There was little to choose between them in point of speed, as each reached Montreal, over different routes, at approximately the same time in the morning. The train which he ought to take and which, doubtless, Miss Pearse's party meant to take, left the North Station at eight-thirty. As he wouldn't get to the South Terminal until that time there was no possibility for him of making that connection. He noted the leaving times of the Montreal trains in his memorandum book and then faced a new contingency.
Supposing the butler either didn't know or had deliberately lied? Supposing the
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