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`` Come , come ! '' said Jess , `` What about this nine-ten express Bobby spoke of ? '' `` Why , '' said the younger girl , `` I noticed Mr. Belding 's clock -- the big chronometer in the show window -- as we came out of the store that Saturday evening . It was just nine o'clock when we stood there and saw Mr. Nemo of Nowhere run down by the car . Anybody driving that car could have made the railroad station just about in time for the ten minutes ' past nine express -- the Cannon Ball , do n't they call it ? '' `` That is the train , '' admitted Laura . `` But why -- '' `` Just wait a minute .