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Arthur 's face clouded over , for this was a view of the case which had not occurred to him , and former experiences of country villages did not tend to reassure him . `` I ca n't tell you . I will drive to the station and do my best to send a wire from there , but that 's all I can say . There is one comfort : they know at home that if we miss the seven o'clock train , we are fixed for the night , so they wo n't be as anxious as they might otherwise have been . They will probably guess pretty well what has happened . '' He spoke with an assumption of confidence , but Peggy was not to be deceived , and she turned on her heel and walked along the shore , wringing her hands together , and catching her breath in short , gasping sobs . `` Help me !