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-- from chance pictures that might have come to their notice . Besides , there was always the possibility that they had seen or even met Brock in New York . He lugubriously admitted that he had met unfortunate thousands whom he had promptly forgotten but who seldom failed to remember him . It is not surprising , then , that the Medcrofts , _ ex parte _ , were in a state of perturbation , -- a condition which did not relax in the least as the time drew near for the arrival of the five o'clock train from the north . Constance strove faithfully , even valiantly , to inject confidence into the souls of the prime conspirators . `` You have done so beautifully up to this time , '' she protested to the dolorous Brock , `` why should you be afraid ? I once read of an Indian chief whose name was Young-Man-Afraid-of-his-Wife !