The conductor shouted some name which I did not hear, but I sprang in, caring very little where it might carry me, so that I could get quickly enough and far enough out of the reach of my pursuers.

There had been no time to lose, and none was lost.
The omnibus drove on again quickly, and no trace was left of me.
I sat quite still in the farthest corner of the omnibus, hardly able to recover my breath after my rapid running.

I was a little frightened at the notice the two or three other passengers appeared to take of me, and I did my best to seem calm and collected.

My ungloved hands gave me some trouble, and I hid them as well as I could in the folds of my dress; for there was something remarkable about the want of gloves in any one as well dressed as I was.

But nobody spoke to me, and one after another they left the omnibus, and fresh persons took their places, who did not know where I had got in.