Zu Hause erfuhr Tom das Cardiff Hill-Abenteuer; auch daß der Körper des einen Strolches, des ,,Fremden", im Fluß nahe der Landungsstelle des Dampfbootes gefunden worden sei. Wahrscheinlich war er auf der Flucht angeschossen worden.
At home Tom learned of the Cardiff Hill event; also that the "ragged man's" body had eventually been found in the river near the ferry-landing; he had been drowned while trying to escape, perhaps.