The guard couldn't risk putting us off, so he had to let us into his van, which suited us exactly, as we could watch the train on both sides from the look-out.

And we did watch, I can tell you; for our friend in front had seen us.

His head was out of the window as we climbed on to the foot-board.
"However, nothing happened until we stopped at Southampton West.

There, I need not say, we lost no time in hopping out, for we naturally expected our friends to make a rush for the exit.

But they didn't.
Badger watched the platform, and I kept a look-out to see that they didn't slip away across the line from the off-side.