You see, unless there's a washout or the track is blocked, nothing is allowed to stop the Vancouver express." The girl glanced at the door again and then gave him an appealing look.
"But I must get off! I oughtn't to have come on board.

I want to go East, towards Montreal, and not to Winnipeg." Although he was not romantic, Lister was moved.

She was very young and her distress was obvious.

Somehow he felt her grounds for wanting to leave the train were good.

Indeed, he rather thought she had meant to jump off had they not run on to the bridge.