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`` But I thought you said that Mr. Curtis 's chauffeur was moon-faced and -- '' `` He is , bedad , '' broke in Mr. O'Dowd , chuckling . `` That 's what deceived me entirely , and no wonder . It was n't Peter at all , but the rapscallion washer who went after her . He was instructed to tell Peter to meet the four o'clock train , and the blockhead forgot to give the order . Bedad , what does he do but sneak out after her himself , scared out of his boots for fear of what he was to get from Peter . I had the whole story from Mrs. Van Dyke . '' `` Well , I 'm tremendously relieved , '' said Barnes slowly .