THE MORNING GOWN
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"They always forget something!" he murmured. "Leave something behind. Um! Handed in at Southampton, eh? And to meet at Southampton? Very good! Then that means———"
He turned swiftly, hurried down to the warehouse, and making a hasty adieu to Gregson, walked quickly along the street till he came to a newsagent's shop, where he bought a Times and a railway time-table. A glance at the shipping news in the Times, another glance at the timetable, and he turned to find a taxi-cab. The taxi-cab sped him to Waterloo; the 11.30 from Waterloo set him down at Southampton at 1.27. And there, as he stepped from the door of his carriage he saw Stainsby on the platform, staring about him obviously on the watch for somebody.
