"Come up stairs with me and pack. We are going to leave the hotel."
"Where are we going?" asked Ben in surprise.
"You will know very soon," answered the major.
Major Grafton notified the clerk that he wished a hack in fifteen minutes, as he was about to leave the hotel.
"Very well, major. Are you going to leave the city?"
"Not at once. I may spend a few days at the house of a friend," answered Grafton, evasively.
"Shall we forward any letters?"
"No; I will call here for them."
In fifteen minutes a porter called at the door of Major Grafton's room and took down the two trunks. A hack was in waiting.