"I dare say we shall get you off in less than half an hour.

We will do our best, at any rate.

It's an awkward time just now to command an absolutely clear line, but if we can once get you past Crewe you'll be all right.

Shall we fetch you from the refreshment room when we are ready ?" "If you please," the intending passenger answered.
Mr.Hamilton Fynes discovered that place of entertainment without difficulty, ordered for himself a cup of coffee and a sandwich, and drew a chair close up to the small open fire, taking care, however, to sit almost facing the only entrance to the room.

He laid his hat upon the counter, close to which he had taken up his position, and smoothed back with his left hand his somewhat thick black hair.