She can only leave this neighborhood either by hiring a vehicle or by traveling on the railway.

I propose going first to the station.
At the rate at which your pony gets over the ground, there is a fair chance, in spite of the time we have lost, of my being there as soon as she is--assuming that she leaves by the first train, up or down, that passes." "There is a train in half an hour, uncle.

She can never get there in time for that." "She may be less exhausted than we think; or she may get a lift; or she may not be alone.

How do we know but somebody may have been waiting in the lane--her husband, if there is such a person--to help her?
No! I shall assume she is now on her way to the station; and I shall get there as fast as possible--" "And stop her, if you find her there ?" "What I do, Blanche, must be left to my discretion.

If I find her there, I must act for the best.