The crowd melted away, after the bustling fashion common to arrival platforms; and I was beginning to feel uneasy, lest I might miss my guest, when a sweet-faced, dainty-looking girl stepped up to me, and, after a quick glance, said: “

Dr.

Seward, is it not?”

“And you are

Mrs.

Harker!” I answered at once; whereupon she held out her hand.