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It is probable that , at the moment , he felt that this was true . At any rate , the Dean , looking at the boy 's flushed cheeks and heavy eyes , did not doubt it for an instant . `` Of course , you must go home at once , '' he said kindly ; `` wait a minute , my Ford 's at the door . I 'll run you down to the station -- you can just catch the one o'clock . I 'll tell one of the fellows to express a suit-case to you this evening . '' Travel on the Central Vermont Railroad is safe , but its best friend can not maintain that it is swift . To get from Lake Champlain to the Connecticut River requires several changes , much patient waiting in small and uninteresting stations for connections , and the consumption of considerable time .