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 out his watch. She experienced a qualm of irritation that he could think of time at such a moment. The door opened and the agent entered. He smiled and bowed and went into his room. As he opened the door the click of the telegraph instrument came to them. Wade dropped his watch back into his pocket and looked at her with a grave smile.

"Well, I lose," he said. Their glances held a moment, hers curious, anxious, his searching, doubting. Then he arose.

"Excuse me a moment," he said, and went to the ticket window which had just been pushed up. Prue watched him as he stood there talking to the agent. Somehow, his defeat brought her no sense of triumph. She wondered why.

"The train for Sherbrooke seems to be late," said Wade.

"Yes, monsieur, I have just had news of her. She is leaving Levis more than an hour late. Undoubtedly the ferry causes the delay."