They vented some bad language to; but the Chellaston man, excited with his tale, went on.
"All the Advent folks believe that.

They believe all the good folks will be caught up in the air; and after that they're to come back, and the world will be just like the Garden of Eden for a thousand years." He was casting pearls before swine, for some of his hearers chanted gibes.

"Is that so ?" they sang, to the notes of a response in Church music.
Night had closed in black about them.

All on the platform had come together in close group.

The wind-blown light of the station lamp was on their faces.