She was alone, having no attendant.
Chick had said to Patsy:
“I don’t know what value there will be in following Mrs. Ladew. What she probably will do will be to go directly to her home. However, I think one of us ought to follow her to see if she has any communication with the parties we are after.”
Patsy had said that he would undertake that work and they made arrangements for meeting after he had finished the shadow.
But, as the train drew into the Broad Street station, Patsy, looking out of the window, caught the glimpse of a man trying to board the train before it had fairly stopped. It seemed to him that the man was Lannigan.
Quickly warning Chick, they both of them ran back to the car in which Mrs. Ladew was seated and were in time to see Lannigan hastily pass through the car, stopping only long enough to whisper something in the ear of Mrs. Ladew and hurriedly pass on.
He went by both Chick and Patsy so closely that their clothes touched, but he did not recognize either and was soon out of sight.
Chick and Patsy kept Mrs. Ladew under close observation and saw from her manner that she had evidently been prepared for something by a warning from Lannigan.
As the train stopped and Mrs. Ladew descended, they followed her along the stone platform until the iron gates were reached, where were gathered the friends of the arriving passengers.
Keeping close enough to Mrs. Ladew to watch all that occurred to her, they saw a gentleman step out from the throng, as she passed through the gate, and, kissing her warmly, ask: