Kurt hesitated about getting up and groping back in the pitch-black corners of the car.

He felt that it contained a presence besides his own.

And suddenly he was startled by an object blacker than the shadow, that sidled up close to him.

Kurt could not keep the cold chills from chasing up and down his back.

The object was a man, who reached for Kurt and felt of him with a skinny hand.
"I.W.W. ?" he whispered, hoarsely, in Kurt's ear.
"Yes," replied Kurt.
"Was that Adrian where you got on ?" "It sure was," answered Kurt, with grim humor.
"Than you're the feller ?" "Sure," replied Kurt.