5. HALF-PAST TWO TO FIVE O'CLOCK
P.M.Owen accompanied the newly-married couple to the
railway-station, and in his anxiety to see the last of his sister,
left the brougham and stood upon his crutches whilst the train was
starting.
When the husband and wife were about to enter the
railway-carriage they saw one of the porters looking frequently and
furtively at them. He was pale, and apparently very ill.
'Look at that poor sick man,' said Cytherea compassionately,
'surely he ought not to be here.'
'He's been very queer to-day, madam, very queer,' another porter
answered. 'He do hardly hear when he's spoken to, and d' seem
giddy, or as if something was on his mind. He's been like it for
this month past, but nothing so bad as he is to-day.'
'Poor thing.'
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