A moment later he went aft around the deck-house, and going forward to the smoking-room, seated himself therein, and took the passenger list out of his pocket.

He had already scanned it rather cursorily, having but the smallest expectation of coming upon a familiar name, yet feeling sure that, had hers been there, it could not have escaped him.

Nevertheless, he now ran his eye over the columns with eager scrutiny, and the hands which held the paper shook a little.
There was no name in the least like Blake.

It occurred to him that by some chance or error hers might have been omitted, when his eye caught the following: William Ruggles New York.
Mrs.Ruggles " " Mrs.Edward Ruggles " " It was plain to him then.

She was obviously traveling with the people whom she had just joined on deck, and it was equally plain that she was Mrs.Edward Ruggles.