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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andrew D. Gable" data-source="post: 1556836" data-attributes="member: 4144">The man looks at the group several more times, a thoughtful expression on his face.  A sudden look of realization crosses over his features, and he sits up a bit.  "Ahh, Mr. Shaw!" he exclaims.  "I hadn't recognized you at first.  I've read about your exploits in the Times.  With great interest, I might add."  The man extends his hand to Shaw, and then to the other three.  "And these are companions of yours, I take it."  After he has shaken all four hands, he introduces himself.  "Horatio Cartwright," he says with a slight bow.  He pats his briefcase.  "A banker."  He holds out a business card to whoever takes it.A brief look of agitation comes over him as he pulls out his pocketwatch and flicks it open.  "Train's a bit late today... but ahh, here we are.  Speak of the devil and he shall appear, eh?"  The locomotive bound for the Grosvenor Road station in Chelsea shudders into the station.  The men and women at the station begin filing into the train.Just before it shudders out of the station, there is a brief whistle-blow.  A conductor is approaching, leading a decrepit-looking old man, evidently blind from the way he's waving his cane about.  The train pauses, and after a moment the conductor reaches it, helping the old man onboard.The four of you take your own seats, Cartwright sitting in the seat across the aisle from you with two other passengers.  The blind man presents his ticket to the conductor inside, who shows him to his seat, in the same cubicle as Cartwright.  Once the blind man is onboard and settled in his seat, the train gently shudders off through Chiswick.</blockquote>

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