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THE Pullman conductor entered, diagrams in hand, and seated himself opposite. Wade watched him compare and erase and alter and tried to decided whether to leave the train at the first stop or to remain on it. If he got off and returned to Boston he wouldn't be any better off than he was now. No, the only thing to do was to get to Quebec as best he could and trust to finding the Girl there. Luckily Quebec wasn't very big and it would be difficult for Prue—he had begun to call her that in his thoughts—to escape discovery. He wondered about that other train; it was strange that he had seen no mention of it in the guide. Perhaps he had misunderstood and she was not going to Quebec after all!
"Conductor," he asked, "is there another
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