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One meagre little elderly traveller turned rather pale, and looked nervously at his fellow passengers; but the young man who had spoken to Henry Dunbar, and a bald headed commercial looking gentleman opposite to him, went on reading their newspapers as coolly as if the rocking of the carriage had been no more perilous than the lullaby motion of an infant's cradle, guided by a mother's gentle foot. Mr. Dunbar never took his eyes from the dial of his watch. ONE MEAGRE LITTLE ELDERLY TRAVELLER TURNED RATHER PALE AND LOOKED NERVOUSLY AT HIS FELLOW PASSENGERS BUT THE YOUNG MAN WHO HAD SPOKEN TO HENRY DUNBAR AND A BALD HEADED COMMERCIAL LOOKING GENTLEMAN OPPOSITE TO HIM WENT ON READING THEIR NEWSPAPERS AS COOLLY AS IF THE ROCKING OF THE CARRIAGE HAD BEEN NO MORE PERILOUS THAN THE LULLABY MOTION OF AN INFANT CRADLE GUIDED BY A MOTHER'S GENTLE FOOT MISTER DUNBAR NEVER TOOK HIS EYES FROM THE DIAL OF HIS WATCH
sh 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? 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." "In consequence of the depth of snow?" "Yes. I understand so." It was about ten minutes after this brief conversation, and within a quarter of an hour of the time at which the train was due at Rugby, when the carriage, which had rocked a good deal from the first, began to oscillate very violently.  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 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 IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE DEPTH OF SNOW YES I UNDERSTAND SO IT WAS ABOUT TEN MINUTES AFTER THIS BRIEF CONVERSATION AND WITHIN A QUARTER OF AN HOUR OF THE TIME AT WHICH THE TRAIN WAS DUE AT RUGBY WHEN THE CARRIAGE WHICH HAD ROCKED A GOOD DEAL FROM THE FIRST BEGAN TO OSCILLATE VERY VIOLENTLY
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