"A train 'on government service'-- a special--came in that night from Allahabad at ten o'clock.
Then two small trains were kept in waiting for some hours; one left for Simla before daylight, and the other drew out for Allahabad.

There was a crowd of ladies, officers' ladies, and some children and servants in the waiting-room.

They like to travel at night in the cool shade.

No one knew them.

Now, at Allahabad, the east-bound train could branch off either for Calcutta, Madras, or Bombay." "So you know not which way these women fled ?" The old merchant seemed absolutely at sea.