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Besides , if Bowman suspects and follows me he will be likely to think I have gone in a different direction . '' `` I am sorry to have you go , Mr. Fenton . '' `` We shall meet again soon , I hope in New York . '' Fred reached the inn at nine o'clock , left the amount of his bill in an envelope with the boy Jack , and walked over to the station , where he purchased a ticket for Ottawa . While he was in the depot building Bowman and the landlord drove by . Before they had reached the inn the train came up and Fred entered the rear car . He breathed a sigh of relief as the cars quickened their speed and St. Victor faded in the distance .