He would at least have the satisfaction of seeing her.

The detective had enough to do in New York.
April the fifteenth fell on Tuesday.

He was not minded to wait so long but took the boat on Monday afternoon.

This landed him some time before daylight at the time-worn village from which the coach ran to Sitford.

A railway connected this village with New York, necessitating no worse inconvenience than crossing the river on a squat, old-fashioned ferry boat; but he calculated that both the lawyer and Mrs.Ransom would make use of this, and felt the risk would be less for him if he chose the slower and less convenient route.
He had given his name on the boat as Roger Johnston, which was true so far as it went, and he signed this same name at the hotel where he put up till morning.