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`` Gone , '' he was saying . `` Gone where ? '' And then : `` Why , he was at the dinner last -- What 's Doolittle 's number ? '' -LRB- `` Noonan went to New York on the midnight train , '' he threw at George . -RRB- A moment later Remington heard his partner cry , `` Doolittle 's gone to New York ? On the midnight train ? '' `` Try Norton , '' snapped George .