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Then , with a calm smile , he gave his decision . `` Mr. Osgood 's evident alarm may be well founded -- perhaps not . But at all events , I believe our interests at Boston should be protected by some one of authority , and I shall go up myself on the five o'clock this afternoon . '' On the five o'clock Mr. Gunterson left New York , and at a seasonable hour on Tuesday morning he started forth upon his travels from his Boston hotel . In search of a target at which he could aim , he went first to Mr. Osgood , to ask his aid in locating that target . Mr. Osgood , who had hoped that Mr. Wintermuth himself would come , felt a tremor of premonitory dismay at the sight of this deputy ; and his subsequent talk with Mr. Gunterson did nothing to allay his apprehension . In fact , it was his covert reflection that if Hancher was right , it was all over ; the man whom Wintermuth sent was of no assistance .