In chapter 4, Gerald’s father instructs Mr. Marcy, the owner of the Ossokosee House, to have someone deliver Gerald to Nova Scotia (30). Mr. Marcy decides that Philip will take Gerald from the Ossokosee House to New York and, from there, board the ship The Old Province to Nova Scotia (30-31). However, Mr. Marcy suggests that Philip and Gerald stay with his friend, Hilliard, on Madison Avenue, in New York (31). This marks the beginning of Philip and Gerald’s adventure to Halifax, but it does not go as smoothly as Mr. Marcy anticipates. At the end of chapter 5, the boys find their way to Mr. Hilliard’s apartment on Madison Avenue after the train ride, where they encounter Mr. Jennison for the first time. They discover, in New York,  that Jennison was impersonating Mr. Hilliard (45).