The little crowd was completely mystified.

No one had the slightest idea of what had happened.

The attendant was besieged by questions, but he was sitting on the step of the car, in the shadow of a policeman, with his head buried in his hands, and he did not once look up.

Some of the more adventurous tried to peer through the windows at the lower end of the saloon.

Others rushed off to interview the guard.
In a very few minutes, however, the station-master reappeared upon the scene, accompanied by the doctor.