27/41 If I don't find her there, I shall leave Duncan (who goes with me) on the watch for the remaining trains, until the last to-night. He knows Miss Silvester by sight, and he is sure that _she_ has never noticed _him._ Whether she goes north or south, early or late, Duncan will have my orders to follow her. He is thoroughly to be relied on. If she takes the railway, I answer for it we shall know where she goes." "How clever of you to think of Duncan!" "Not in the least, my dear. Duncan is my factotum; and the course I am taking is the obvious course which would have occurred to any body. |