Dick asked for him in the hotel, and found that he had gone, but would return in a few days.
It was on the morning of the fourth day that Armitage appeared suddenly at the hotel as Dick and his sister waited for a carriage to carry them to their train.

He had just returned, and they met by the narrowest margin.

He walked with them to the door of the Monte Rosa.
"We are running for the _King Edward_, and hope for a day in London before we sail.

Perhaps we shall see you one of these days in America," said Claiborne, with some malice, it must be confessed, for his sister's benefit.
"That is possible; I am very fond of Washington," responded Armitage carelessly.
"Of course you will look us up," persisted Dick.

"I shall be at Fort Myer for a while--and it will always be a pleasure--" Claiborne turned for a last word with the porter about their baggage, and Armitage stood talking to Shirley, who had already entered the carriage.
"Oh, is there any news of Count von Stroebel's assassin ?" she asked, noting the newspaper that Armitage held in his hand.
"Nothing.