The old gentleman passed the other two as if they were strangers. He jostled by them without so much as a glance. The most observing person in the throng then pouring out of the railway station, like a swarm of busy bees out of a colossal hive, would have detected no relation between them. While passing the couple, nevertheless, the old gentleman said quickly to one of them, though scarce above his breath:…
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