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I expected , however , to return hither in three days , and then to follow Watson home . Shortly after dinner we parted ; he to execute his commissions , and I to embark in the mail-stage . '' ` In the time prefixed I returned . I arrived early in the morning , and prepared to depart again at noon . Meanwhile , I called at Keysler 's . This is an old acquaintance of Watson 's and mine ; and , in the course of talk , he expressed some surprise that Watson had so precipitately deserted his house . I stated the necessity there was for Watson 's immediate departure _ southward _ , and added , that no doubt my brother had explained this necessity . ''