Then they showed him a Spanish one, and at that he took the envelope from Peter's hand and searched among the stamps with a hand that trembled.

The hand that he reached out at last, with a gesture as of one answering a question, contained a RUSSIAN stamp.
"He's Russian," cried Peter, "or else he's like 'the man who was'-- in Kipling, you know." The train from Maidbridge was signalled.
"I'll stay with him till you bring Mother in," said Bobbie.
"You're not afraid, Missie ?" "Oh, no," said Bobbie, looking at the stranger, as she might have looked at a strange dog of doubtful temper.

"You wouldn't hurt me, would you ?" She smiled at him, and he smiled back, a queer crooked smile.

And then he coughed again.

And the heavy rattling swish of the incoming train swept past, and the Station Master and Peter and Phyllis went out to meet it.