"You had no right to suppose so, if you did suppose any such thing. However, it is not for me to decide on this case."
"The train went off in less than five minutes. We ran after it, and yelled with all our might. Didn't you hear us, sir?"
"I confess that I did not," replied the doctor, with a smile; "but that doesn't prove that I am hard of hearing. You came down the Volga?"
"Yes, sir. I thought Moscow was on the Volga, but Beckwith said it was not," replied De Forrest.
"I knew it was not, and told him so," protested Beckwith.
"But still you went with him?"
"The captain spoke English a little, and told us we could take the train to Moscow. We didn't like to wait in that station till five o'clock the next morning."
"A train left Tver at about eleven that forenoon, and I supposed, if you were left, that you would come down in that."
"We didn't know it."