As he
turned the corner of St. James street, he saw (for there were few
persons abroad) a young man walking moodily up and down on the side
opposite the St. Lawrence Hall; he turned as if he had seen an
apparition, and ran rather than walked in the direction of his own
home.
Next day Miss Montague departed for the West, Mrs. and Miss Dombey
accompanied by Charles went to see her off at the Depot, and with
many assurances of a future meeting, should she ever return to
Montreal, they separated as the train moved slowly past the platform.
As the drawing-room car was just clearing the station, Miss Montague
held a piece of paper out of the window, which Charles caught
eagerly and placed in his pocket-book. His mother and sister
chaffing him on receiving tender messages from the fair artiste, he
laughingly produced it.
It was nothing more nor less than a page of an old timetable, and both
Mrs. and Miss Dombey laughed at the strange souvenir Miss Montague had
left behind her. When they got home, however, Charles carefully opened
the paper and observed that opposite each of the cities on her route
Miss Montague had placed a figure in pencil thus:--Chicago, 4;
Detroit, 2; Toledo, 2; Toronto, 3; New York; 6, Boston, 6. This,
though unintelligible to his mother and sister, informed Charles that
Miss Montague would go first to Chicago and remain four days, and
afterwards to the other cities mentioned, and that he might write or
meet her there as opportunity afforded.
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