There's nothing more fiendishly triumphant than taking a bath in the basin while the rest of the train is rattling the door-handle.

Don't forget! Second place!" Then he turned to the American.

"What about the coffee, Mac?
I expect those poor devils of waiters have slept your order off." "I was just about to negotiate that coffee transaction." McCutcheon stood up.

"You come too, my son! A little exercise will give you an appetite." He paused to stretch his long, lean body, and incidentally his glance fell upon their travelling companion, and he indicated the recumbent figure with a jerk of the head.
"Say, Ned, ought we to wake our unsociable friend ?" Blake cast one quick glance at the huddled form, then he answered, tersely: "Let him alone! He's not asleep--and, anyway, he understands English." At which McCutcheon made a comprehending grimace, and the two left the carriage.
* * * * * For many minutes the young Russian did not move; then, when positive certainty of his solitude had grown into his mind, he lifted himself on one elbow and looked cautiously about him.
A change had passed over his face in the last hour--an interesting change.

The smooth cheek that the night air had cooled to paleness was now flushed, and there was a spark of anger in the bright eyes.
Unquestionably this boy had a temper and a spirit of his own, and both had been aroused.