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`` No , I do n't think you have , '' George replied . `` It is something to know that she is not in either of the ports now , and has been to neither of them . '' George returned in time to send off a full account of what he had learned from the coast-guardsman by the mail that would be delivered in London that night . On his return to town the next morning , Frank found the letter awaiting him ; and at ten o'clock , after wiring to Hawkins and the steward to stock the yacht at once with provisions of all kinds for a long voyage , he went into the city and called upon the secretary at Lloyd 's . After giving his name , he told him that he believed that a young lady had been carried off forcibly in the craft , which he minutely described , and that he was desirous of having a telegram sent to every signal station between Hull and the Land 's End , asking if such a craft had passed . `` Of course , '' he added , `` I am ready to defray the expense of the telegrams and replies . She left the Solent late on Wednesday evening , and on Thursday would have been between Beachy Head and Dover , if she had gone that way , and yesterday up the Thames or somewhere between Harwich and Yarmouth . ''