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Mr. Dunbar asked one of his fellow travellers if this train was always punctual. "Yes," the gentleman answered, coolly; "I believe it is generally pretty regular. But I don't know how the snow may affect the engine. There have been accidents in some parts of the country." MISTER DUNBAR ASKED ONE OF HIS FELLOW TRAVELLERS IF THIS TRAIN WAS ALWAYS PUNCTUAL YES THE GENTLEMAN ANSWERED COOLLY I BELIEVE IT IS GENERALLY PRETTY REGULAR BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW THE SNOW MAY AFFECT THE ENGINE THERE HAVE BEEN ACCIDENTS IN SOME PARTS OF THE COUNTRY
d in that brilliant city, or was he to go farther? That was a question whose answer was hidden in the traveller's own breast. He had not shown himself a communicative man at the best of times, and to-night he looked like a man whose soul is weighed down by the burden of a purpose which must be achieved at any cost of personal sacrifice. He could not hear the names of the stations. He only heard those guttural and inarticulate sounds which railway officials roar out upon the darkness of the night, to the bewilderment of helpless travellers. His inability to distinguish the names of the stations annoyed him. The delay attendant upon every fresh stoppage worried him, as if the pause had been the weary interval of an hour. He sat with his watch in his hand; for every now and then he was seized with a sudden terror that the train had fallen out of its regular pace, and was crawling slowly along the rails. What if it should not reach Rugby until after the London express had left the station? S JOURNEY TO END IN THAT BRILLIANT CITY OR WAS HE TO GO FARTHER THAT WAS A QUESTION WHOSE ANSWER WAS HIDDEN IN THE TRAVELLER'S OWN BREAST HE HAD NOT SHOWN HIMSELF A COMMUNICATIVE MAN AT THE BEST OF TIMES AND TO NIGHT HE LOOKED LIKE A MAN WHOSE SOUL IS WEIGHED DOWN BY THE BURDEN OF A PURPOSE WHICH MUST BE ACHIEVED AT ANY COST OF PERSONAL SACRIFICE HE COULD NOT HEAR THE NAMES OF THE STATIONS HE ONLY HEARD THOSE GUTTURAL AND INARTICULATE SOUNDS WHICH RAILWAY OFFICIALS ROAR OUT UPON THE DARKNESS OF THE NIGHT TO THE BEWILDERMENT OF HELPLESS TRAVELLERS HIS INABILITY TO DISTINGUISH THE NAMES OF THE STATIONS ANNOYED HIM THE DELAY ATTENDANT UPON EVERY FRESH STOPPAGE WORRIED HIM AS IF THE PAUSE HAD BEEN THE WEARY INTERVAL OF AN HOUR HE SAT WITH HIS WATCH IN HIS HAND FOR EVERY NOW AND THEN HE WAS SEIZED WITH A SUDDEN TERROR THAT THE TRAIN HAD FALLEN OUT OF ITS REGULAR PACE AND WAS CRAWLING SLOWLY ALONG THE RAILS WHAT IF IT SHOULD NOT REACH RUGBY UNTIL AFTER THE LONDON EXPRESS HAD LEFT THE STATION
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