Chapter 21

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌⁠There are not so many passengers by the 5.30 train as to hinder its being punctual. It is almost faithful to its minute. So far—it can't be said to be very far—fortune favours the one of its occupants with whom we have any concern. He rolls out, cross and furry, still repeating to himself with an even greater intensity of inward emphasis than he had employed at Paddington, that unflattering opinio