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The man in charge said that the gentleman with the young men had been looking for them . Sanford replied , through Ole , that they had lost the train , but would return to Stockholm , and start again the next morning . After dining in the restaurant , the runaways -- as they certainly were now , if not before -- departed , and arrived at their destination in about three hours . They immediately went to the office on the quay , and learned that a steamer would leave for St. Petersburg at two o'clock on Friday morning . `` Can we engage places now ? '' asked Sanford , -- for the clerk in charge spoke English . `` Certainly . ''