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The book supplied other details , but Royson obtained from the foregoing extracts a sufficiently clear idea of the identity of the two people whom he had encountered in the park . Of course , he set his wits to work instantly to construct new avenues for the promised activity of the _ Aphrodite _ , but , these imaginings being as hopelessly mistaken as are most other human peeps into futurity , they served only to keep him on tenterhooks until he revisited the outfitters ' establishment . There he was handed the keys of two large steel trunks , canvas-covered , and requested to assure himself that they contained all the articles set forth on a list . The manager also gave him a first-class ticket for Marseilles , and a typewritten instruction that he was to travel by the nine o'clock train from Victoria that evening . On arriving at the French port he would find the _ Aphrodite _ moored in No. 3 . Basin , and he was requested not to wear any portion of his uniform until on board the yacht . The nature of the arrangements , the prodigal supply of clothing , rather took Dick 's breath away .