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`` He must have smuggled himself on board of the little steamer when we were at Ismaïlia ; for he was first seen out in the lake . '' `` How could he have been at Ismaïlia ? '' Scott inquired . The commander went to his cabin , and looked over his `` Bradshaw , '' in which he found that a steamer left Port Said at seven o'clock every morning , and arrived at Ismaïlia at noon . It was possible that Mazagan had come by this conveyance ; and he gave Scott the information . `` Probably he stopped at the station while we were on board of the Ophir , or your party had gone to the town , '' said the commander . `` It was easy enough for him to stow himself away in the cabin of the Maud while no one but Philip was on board of her . ''