The woman had disappeared as completely as though she had actually floated away into that pit of darkness beyond the far end of the platform.

He had drawn but one conclusion.

This place--Graham--was her home; undoubtedly friends had been at the station to meet her; even now she might be telling them, or a husband, or a grown-up son, of the strange fellow who had stared at her in such a curious fashion.

Disappointment in not finding her had brought a reaction.

He had an inward and uncomfortable feeling of having been very silly, and of having allowed his imagination to get the better of his common sense.