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Then Mr. John Scott says : ` Hush ! my girl will hear us . ' And they hushed , but it was too late -- she had heard them . Mr. John Scott came up to her in a hurry , and put a small but heavy bag in her hand , saying that she must take it and take care of it , and never let it go out of her possession , and that she must hurry back to Lone Station and catch the midnight express train back to London , and that he himself would follow her , and join her at home the next night . '' `` And all that , too , was proved -- yes , proved by the mouths of two witnesses at the inquest , though they did not either of them recognize the man or the woman , '' moaned Salome . `` Mrs. John Scott returned to my house about breakfast time the next morning , my lady , bringing that bag with her , which I noticed she would n't let out of her sight , no , nor even out of her hand , while I was near her . She would n't answer any of my questions , or give me any satisfaction then , even so far as to tell me where she had been , or if she had seen Mr. John Scott .