And I went at once to the address in Lucy's letter.

I got there between seven and eight o'clock.

She was gone.

My thought was that you must have got wind of my coming and persuaded her to leave with you in order to avoid me--although I didn't see how you could know when I would get there, either, when I thought it over." "And you have never seen her since," says Armstrong, pondering.
"I HAVE seen her since," says Colonel Tom, "and that is one thing that makes me say your story needs further explanation." "But where--when--did you see her ?" asts the doctor, mighty excited.
"I am coming to that.

I went back home again.