A friend's." She disappeared into another carriage, but from that moment Harry Flint knew that he had no other aim in life but to follow this clue and the beautiful girl who had dropped it.

He bribed the guard at the next station, and discovered that she was going to York.

On their arrival, he was ready on the platform to respectfully assist her.

A few words disclosed the fact that she was a fellow-countrywoman, although residing in England, and at present on her way to join some friends at Harrogate.
Her name was West.

At the mention of his, he again fancied she looked disturbed.
They met again and again; the informality of his introduction was overlooked by her friends, as his assumed name was already respectably and responsibly known beyond California.