22/24 Though at the last they walked their horses, they reached the town before the daily train had passed through. They went straight to the station, and found that the train was an hour late; but a telegram had arrived for the man. He took it nervously, his fingers trembling. He felt a premonition that it contained something unpleasant. She saw a deathly pallor overspread his face, and a look of anguish as if an arrow had pierced his heart. |