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Be back here by the twelve-twenty-five , and come up and report to me . '' I went to my own room , dressed , and then took train to Nice . But though I lounged about the Casino Municipal all that evening , I saw nothing of either Regnier or Raoul . It struck me , however , that Bindo had sent me over to Nice in order to get rid of me , and this surmise was somewhat confirmed when I returned after midnight . Bindo did not question me about the person he had sent me to watch for . He merely said -- `` Ewart , you and I have a long run before us to-morrow . We must be away at seven .