Would it weary you to wait ?' 'I should like to,' she replied with a laugh.
The line ran along a deep cutting, from either side of which grew hazel bushes and a few larger trees.

Leaning upon the parapet of the bridge, Jasper kept his eye in the westward direction, where the gleaming rails were visible for more than a mile.

Suddenly he raised his finger.
'You hear ?' Marian had just caught the far-off sound of the train.

She looked eagerly, and in a few moments saw it approaching.

The front of the engine blackened nearer and nearer, coming on with dread force and speed.