"What an old woman you're getting, George! Want to know everybody's business, don't you ?" The porter withdrew, a little huffed.

When, a few minutes later, the train drew in, he even avoided ostentatiously a journey to the far end of the platform to open the door for the solitary passenger who was standing there.

He passed up the train and slammed the door without even glancing in at the window.

Then he stood and watched the red lights disappear.
"Was it Jim ?" the station master asked him, on their way out.
"Didn't notice," his subordinate replied, a little curtly.

"Maybe it was and maybe it wasn't.