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Chapter 52

           Lethimsupposeitamerefreak,butasecretone,untilthemorningcomes:thenlethimknowthatthereisurgentreasonforyourgettingProvisaboardandaway.Yougowithhim?"

           "Nodoubt."

           "Where?"

           Ithadseemedtome,inthemanyanxiousconsiderationsIhadgiventhepoint,almostindifferentwhatportwemadeforHamburg,Rotterdam,Antwerptheplacesignifiedlittle,sothathewasoutofEngland.Anyforeignsteamerthatfellinourwayandwouldtakeusupwoulddo.Ihadalwaysproposedtomyselftogethimwelldowntheriverintheboat;certainlywellbeyondGravesend,whichwasacriticalplaceforsearchorinquiryifsuspicionwereafoot.AsforeignsteamerswouldleaveLondonataboutthetimeofhigh-water,ourplanwouldbetogetdowntheriverbyapreviousebb-tide,andliebyinsomequietspotuntilwecouldpullofftoone.Thetimewhenonewouldbeduewherewelay,whereverthatmightbe,couldbecalculatedprettynearly,ifwemadeinquiriesbeforehand.

           Herbertassentedtoallthis,andwewentoutimmediatelyafterbreakfasttopursueourinvestigations.WefoundthatasteamerforHamburgwaslikelytosuitourpurposebest,andwedirectedourthoughtschieflytothatvessel.ButwenoteddownwhatotherforeignsteamerswouldleaveLondonwiththesametide,andwesatisfiedourselvesthatweknewthebuildandcolorofeach.Wethenseparatedforafewhours:I,togetatoncesuchpassportsaswerenecessary;Herbert,toseeStartopathislodgings.

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