If I'd ventured out of the carriage they'd never have let me back again.

The Major won't be expecting me till the next train.

I only caught this one by accident." "By accident ?" "Yes.

The fact is I was up early this morning, wakened by my little daughter, a baby not quite two years old yet.

I told you I was married, didn't I?
The poor child was upset by the journey from England, and didn't sleep properly.