I thought of the people who had done this sort of thing before.

In 1889, 1891, and 1892, an Austrian tailor, Hermann Zeitung, had come from Vienna to Paris, from Amsterdam to Brussels, from Antwerp to Christiania in a box, and two sweethearts of Barcelona, Erres and Flora Anglora, had shared a box between them from Spain into France.
But I must wait until Popof had retired to rest.

The train would not stop until it reached Gheok Tepe at one o'clock in the morning.

During the run from Kizil Arvat to Gheok Tepe I reckoned that Popof would have a good sleep, and then, or never, I would put my plan into execution.
Hold! an idea! Suppose it is Zeitung who makes a trade of this sort of thing and manages to make a little money out of public generosity?
It ought to be Zeitung, it must be! Confound it! he is not at all interesting! And here was I reckoning on this fellow.

Well, we shall see.