We crossed on the same ship.

I introduced him to Judge Stott on the dock." The judge looked surprised, but he merely said: "I hope for his sake that he is a different man from his father." "He is," replied Shirley simply, and nothing more was said.
Two days went by, during which Shirley went on completing the preparations for her visit to New York.

It was arranged that Stott should escort her to the city.

Shortly before they started for the train a letter arrived for Shirley.

Like the first one it had been forwarded by her publishers.