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that if Gordon meets us and we catch the Quebec train we won't have a bite to eat?"
"I know, and I'm hungry now! Perhaps we can snatch a mouthful at the station."
"I don't care to 'snatch' my dinner," said Miss Pearse with something like a sniff. The conductor engaged Wade's attention then and when the latter had paid his fare and was free to give his attention again to his neighbors. Miss Pearse had disappeared once more behind her Christmas number and her neice had returned to her own magazine.
"Well," he reflected, "I've discovered two very important things: that her first name is Prue and that she—and I—are going to Quebec. Also that they have telegraphed Gordon, who is probably her brother in school at Groton, to meet them either on their arrival at the South Terminal or at the North Station. Also that if we get in in time to cross town and reach the North Station and get the eight-thirty train it's going to be a quick scramble and we'll
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