Chapter 136

Henry spoke to Leon and got into his carriage and drove in the direction of Astor's Hotel.

When they got to the beach, the Van Bilt family arranged a boat to take their guests across the sea to Manhattan at night.

The Brooklyn Bridge connecting Manhattan to Long Island was still under construction, and it was necessary to take a boat back to New York City.

After a dozen minutes of walking, Henry got off in the middle of nowhere, and Leon told the coachman to continue back towards the Astor's Hotel.

Henry went to a shadowy corner of the road, changed into a newsboy hat, canvas blue shirt, jeans, and work boots, put on two beards, pulled out a quarter horse, and headed toward Grand Central Station at 42nd Street in Midtown.

He had known for two days that there was a freight train leaving New York for Chicago at 1:05 a.m.

Henry arrived near the station at about 1:30 a.m. He picked up his horse in a deserted corner and walked toward the station, two hundred meters away.

At one o 'clock in
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