There were only three passengers that night--I remember it very well, because my brother was here with me--and they were all Yorkshire." "This midnight train is a stopping train ?" "Yes, sir.

It stops at every station from Leeds." "How far is the nearest station in the Leeds direction ?" "Seven miles, sir.

The population is rather thin here, sir.

It gets thicker the closer you get to Leeds." "And how far the other way ?" "Only a matter of three miles northward, sir.

There's a little village there, sir, has sprung up because of Lord -- --'s mansion, sir, and the company has put up a station." "And how far is the next station beyond that ?" "A long way, sir.