Ruth jumped out and they reached the station as the bell began to toll.

Duveen waved to them from the track by the front of the train and then jumped on board, and Lister pushed Ruth up the steps of the last car.

The car was second-class and crowded by returning holiday-makers, but the conductor, who did not know Lister and Miss Duveen, declared all the train was full and they must stay where they were.

When he went off and locked the vestibule Lister looked about.
All the seats and much of the central passage were occupied, for the most part by young men and women.

Some were frankly lovers and did not look disturbed by the banter of their friends.