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He shook his head slowly . `` I 'm afraid there is no other way , Mrs. Godwin , '' he said gently taking her arm and leaving the others to be dealt with by a constable whom he had dozing in the hotel lobby . `` Kahn is going up to Albany to get the pardon -- there can be no doubt about it now , '' he added . `` Mrs. Godwin , if you care to do so , you may stay here at the hotel , or you may go down with us on the midnight train as far as Ossining . I will wire ahead for a conveyance to meet you at the station . Mr. Jameson and I must go on to New York . '' `` The nearer I am to Sanford now , the happier I shall be , '' she answered , bravely keeping back the tears of happiness .