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For a moment I lost the two men in the excited crowd of alighting passengers, but when I gained another sight of them, my heart stood still.
Talking with the pair was a well set-up, alert man whose back was turned to me -- a man in a soft grey felt hat and heavy travelling coat with beaver collar. Both men were speaking quickly, eagerly, telling the new-comer something of an urgent nature, being hustled at the same time by the bustling passengers eager to claim their luggage from the Customs barriers, and get away.