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At the present moment you thrill with the glamour of the situation and the anticipation of the hunt. Where would be that thrill if I had been as definite as a timetable? I only ask a little patience, Mr. Mac, and all will be clear to you." "Well, I hope the pride and justification and the rest of it will come before we all get our death of cold," said the London detective with comic resignation.
Joan had been at the Penzance railway station, and chance made Mary question the identical porter who had studied the timetable for her cousin. "She was anxious 'bout the Lunnon trains an' tawld me she was travelin' up to town to-morrow," explained the man. "I weer 'pon the lookout this marnin', but she dedn' come again." "What time did you see her last night?" "'Bout nine or earlier.
Then it seems to stop at Prague for ever so long. Oh, damn this timetable!" Then he finds another train that starts at 2.15, and seems to be an ideal train. He gets quite enthusiastic over this train. "This is the train for us, old man," he says. "This is a splendid train, really. It doesn't stop anywhere." "Does it get anywhere?" I ask. "Of course it gets somewhere," he replies indignantly.
Our generosity to the coachman had been slightly misplaced! "Of course I rushed to send telegrams to station officials in all the cities which Amar had underlined in the timetable. He had checked Bareilly, so I wired your friend Dwarka there.
Koku, never mind bringing the rest of the powder from the cave. It's no good. Run out the Humming Bird. I'm going to drive her to the limit. I've just got to get that powder here on time!" "Bless my timetable!" gasped Mr. Damon. "That's the only way it can be done. Lucky Tom brought the airship along!"
We can tell him that we want to go to New York just to see Dick and Dora," put in Tom. And so it was arranged. By consulting a new timetable, the boys found they could make a good railroad connection for the metropolis by taking a train that left Oak Run at three-thirty o'clock. This would give them about three hours in which to get lunch, pack their suitcases, and bid good-bye to their father.
And that," she added, indicating a package in the stern, "contains nothing more nor less than sandwiches. Those are bottles of mineral water. The small objects are a corkscrew, a glass, a railway timetable a cheap compass, and a cheaper watch.
The enemy had arranged his operations, as usual, by timetable, but he had failed to take into consideration the character of the British soldier, with the result his schemes had "gone agley." To save men the German high command gave orders for a further retirement to their Hindenburg defences, a fortified line of such strength as had never been equalled.
"It's up the river must be seven or eight miles up by the look of it; the North-Eastern runs through it and there's a station. We'd better go out there and prospect." Merriman agreed, they called for a timetable, found there was a train at 10.35, and going down to Paragon Station, got on board.
"Off we go!" said Perenna, after consulting the timetable. "We are an hour behind. We may catch up with the scoundrel at Le Mans." "We'll do that, Chief, and we'll collar him, I swear: him and his lady, since there are two of them." "There are two of them, as you say. Only " "Only what?"
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