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102 CARAVAN DAYSTeviot, richly endowed with mushrooms, and assoon as we were settled my Partner went oft tomeet the Journalist's Wife, who, by the way, isa sister of hers. We were only four miles fromHawick, and it was soon apparent that she wasnot a little overdue. But it was not till aboutfive o'clock that we began to be alarmed. Atsix I set off and walked into the town.enquiry was at the post office.My firstThere I found mytelegram, and although the name was not correctI was assured that it was quite certain that noone had asked for it. From this it seemed to beclear that the traveller had never reached Hawick,so I sent a prepaid message to ask if she had everstarted, got hold of a cab and drove past thecamp to a post office half a mile up the road andinstructions for the answer to bethere gavedelivered to us as soon as it came. Then I wentback to dinner. So far we were not at all troubledabout the matter. She had probably neverstarted, and we were not likely to hear any morethat night. But long after eight o'clock arrivedone with a stable lantern, who had been wander-Hawicking about the fields in the dark looking for us,bearing a telegram . From this we learned that shehad indeed started by the train due atat 12.10.