As for Madame Volmar, she had at the last moment disappeared, as though seized with a sudden fit of impatience.

The others fancied that they had seen her approach a strange gentleman, with the object no doubt of making some inquiry of him.

However, they would of course find her at the hospital.
Berthaud joined Gerard again just as the young man, assisted by two fellow-bearers, was endeavouring to remove M.Sabathier from the carriage.

It was a difficult task, for he was very stout and very heavy, and they began to think that he would never pass through the doorway of the compartment.

However, as he had been got in they ought to be able to get him out; and indeed when two other bearers had entered the carriage from the other side, they were at last able to deposit him on the platform.
The dawn was now appearing, a faint pale dawn; and the platform presented the woeful appearance of an improvised hospital.