He must, he must, _he must_! And so it went on through the long night.
The train stopped at several places to take on water; but there seemed to be no human habitation near, or else his eyes were dim with his trouble.
Once, when they stopped longer than the other times, he got up and walked the length of the car and down the steps to the ground.

He even stood there, and let the train start jerkily on till his car had passed him, and the steps were just sliding by, and tried to think whether he would not stay, and go back in some way to find her.

Then the impossibility of the search, and of his getting back in time to do any good, helped him to spring on board just before it was too late.

He walked back to his seat saying to himself, "Fool! Fool!" It was not till morning that he remembered his baggage and went in search of it.

There he found a letter from his cousin, with other letters and telegrams explaining the state of affairs at home.