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Colonel Dacre dropped Mrs. O'Hara's hand as if it had stung him, and darted forward mechanically, as if to catch up to the train; but his companion's frightened exclamation restored him to himself.
"For mercy's sake be careful! " she called out, grasping his arm. "If you have left anything in the train you can telegraph."