one in the morning
Next morning I had made no definite plan of action , but thought that as Miss Van Buren was going to Rotterdam , it could do no harm for me to go to Rotterdam too , and see what would happen next . Things of some sort were bound to happen , and one way or other my chance might come before she started on her journey . My mother is at Château Liliendaal , the place where she likes best to spend July and August when we do n't run over to England ; but she did n't expect me to join her for some days , and meanwhile I was free to do as I chose . I was in hopes that I might see Miss Van Buren in the train , if I took the most popular one in the morning ; but she and her stepsister were not on board , so I fancied Robert must be driving them back in the borrowed car , despite his objections to their proceedings . I went straight to the Rowing Club , where I have several friends , and as I knew from Robert that the motor-boat was ` Lorelei ' I easily found out where she was lying . The next thing was to go and have a look at her , to see if preparations were being made for an immediate start . I had forgotten what she was like , but I found her a handsome little craft , with two cabins , and deck-room to accommodate four or five passengers ; also I learned from a man employed on the quay close by that the motor was an American one of thirty horse-power .