If it had not been for that I might have foreseen her intention in time to prevent it." "Perhaps she knew that." "It looks as if she did." "Which means that she was meditating flight from the first." "From the time she saw that man," Mr.Ransom corrected.
"Just so; from the time she left her uncle's house.

Your wife is a woman of means, I believe." "Yes, unfortunately." "Why unfortunately ?" "It makes her independent and offers a lure to irresponsible wretches like him." "Her fortune is large, then ?" "Very large; larger than my own." Every one knew Mr.Ransom to be a millionaire.
"Left her by her father ?" "No, by some great-uncle, I believe, who made his fortune in the Klondike." "And entirely under her own control ?" "Entirely so." "Who is her man of business ?" "Edward Harper, of--Wall Street." "He's your man.

He'll know sooner or later where she is." "Yes, but later won't do.

I must know to-night; or, if that is impossible, to-morrow.

Were it not for the mortification it would cause her I should beg you to put on all your force and ransack the city for this bride of five hours.