"Are you sure?"
"Yes, quite so."
"Couldn't they have caught it?"
"Hardly."
"Why not?"
"They would be detained some time with the girl; and then, I fancy, they would be too shrewd to take the train at New Haven."
"You're right, by Jove! Now what station would they be most likely to get on at?"
"Either Woodmont or Milford; and as Woodmont is a small place, and Milford quite a town, for obvious reasons, I think they would go to the latter."
"Doubtless. Well, the next train leaves Milford at 5.31, and arrives here at eight o'clock. Can they have caught that?"
"Quite easily, I should say."