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in!”
“That’s it! Just one more set of rails and we’re done!”
“Come on, O’Hagan, let ’er rip! We’ll have this last rail set by the time you get here!”
“Aye! Here we come, Ickety!”
tooooot!
“Woah! Hurry y’all! That train’s coming on faster than I thought it would.”
tooooot!!
“Strike! . Strike! . Strike!”
tooooot!!!
“Ickety lad! Stand aside, boy! We’re coming through!”
“Just. Strike! Gotta. Strike! Get. Strike! This. Strike! Last. Strike! Spike. Strike! Driven. St-woah! I guess you are coming through!”
“Grab me hand, Ickety! Up ye go lad! Awraw!”
“Thanks Officer O’Hagan! Gee whiz, you have got this train movin’ mighty fast already, sir.”
“Aye. Ye’ want to move forward to the engine with me to see if we can coaxe a bit more out o’ her?”
“Nossir, I’m gonna move back through the train and find Miss Plumtartt.”
“Aye, Ickety.”
“Hello, Miss Plumtartt? Are you in this train car?”
“Hunh. I guess not. I’ll try the next car.”
“Hello, Miss Plumtartt?”
“Hunh. She ain’t in this one, neither. Maybe she’ll be in the next one.”
“Miss Plumtartt?”
“Or the next.”
“Miss Plumtartt?”
“The next.”
“The next.”
“The next.”
“The last.”
“Hunh. I reckon Miss Plumtartt must not be on the train.”
“I reckon she’s still back there in Los Angelos with Mr. Eppington. That tall, handsome, witty, intelligent man she is so fond of.”
“She calls him ‘Kit’.”
“He calls her ‘Persephone’.”
“They sure seemed real happy with one another.”
“They sure did look real fine.”
“They...”
“They...”
“They sure do make a nice couple.”
…
…
Chapter Nine:
Miss me at the Station
P.O.V. Miss Persephone Plumtartt
“Here we are, Persephone. Let us stay out of the way of Ichabod and his labours. Good Lord Nelson’s bunions, this rail station is as a disrupted ant-mound. I pray that you show caution, my dear, as we pick our way back through this detritus of explosion and ensuing chaos of frenzied, madcap, repairs to the track that we may assist your friends in their quest for justice.”
“Thank you Kit. I think we will be safely out of the way over here at the station-house.”
“Yes, of course my dear. How about here in the lobby?”
“Ah, thank you Kit, this will do nicely. My word, yes.”
“That Temperance fellow. He certainly is industrious.”
“You could say so, I suppose.”
“I see.”
“You see what, Kit?”
“My darling, Persephone, I have a distinct feeling that I am intruding upon a courtship between you and the little American chap.”
“Well, courtship is a rather strong term for our relationship, Kit.”
“Persephone, you are as charming as you are beautiful, but I am still able to detect a note of insincerity. I am a man of the world, my lovely girl. I have known love and I have seen love. That boy looks at you with pure adoration. I suspect that you are temporarily at odds with the fellow. Probably he has been distracted by the imaginative theory concerning some sort of ingenious device. Ah, I am able to read your expressions to the point that I know I am on the right path. My dear Persephone, I think I prefer to withdraw my offers of affection until such time as you are clear in your mind and in accordance with your sensibility.”
“Oh, Kit. As a matter of fact, you are completely correct in your summation. I did not mean to lead you astray on a journey without a destination. It is inexplicable, I know, but I am strangely smitten by that boy.”
“Quite all right, Persephone, my dear. There is no accounting for love’s strange callings. You say that you two have been traveling together, but have not actually formalized the intents of your budding romance. To this I blame shyness on his part and credit good manners on yours, Persephone.”
“Oh, am I really so transparent? The truth is, that you are completely correct on all
“That’s it! Just one more set of rails and we’re done!”
“Come on, O’Hagan, let ’er rip! We’ll have this last rail set by the time you get here!”
“Aye! Here we come, Ickety!”
tooooot!
“Woah! Hurry y’all! That train’s coming on faster than I thought it would.”
tooooot!!
“Strike! . Strike! . Strike!”
tooooot!!!
“Ickety lad! Stand aside, boy! We’re coming through!”
“Just. Strike! Gotta. Strike! Get. Strike! This. Strike! Last. Strike! Spike. Strike! Driven. St-woah! I guess you are coming through!”
“Grab me hand, Ickety! Up ye go lad! Awraw!”
“Thanks Officer O’Hagan! Gee whiz, you have got this train movin’ mighty fast already, sir.”
“Aye. Ye’ want to move forward to the engine with me to see if we can coaxe a bit more out o’ her?”
“Nossir, I’m gonna move back through the train and find Miss Plumtartt.”
“Aye, Ickety.”
“Hello, Miss Plumtartt? Are you in this train car?”
“Hunh. I guess not. I’ll try the next car.”
“Hello, Miss Plumtartt?”
“Hunh. She ain’t in this one, neither. Maybe she’ll be in the next one.”
“Miss Plumtartt?”
“Or the next.”
“Miss Plumtartt?”
“The next.”
“The next.”
“The next.”
“The last.”
“Hunh. I reckon Miss Plumtartt must not be on the train.”
“I reckon she’s still back there in Los Angelos with Mr. Eppington. That tall, handsome, witty, intelligent man she is so fond of.”
“She calls him ‘Kit’.”
“He calls her ‘Persephone’.”
“They sure seemed real happy with one another.”
“They sure did look real fine.”
“They...”
“They...”
“They sure do make a nice couple.”
…
…
Chapter Nine:
Miss me at the Station
P.O.V. Miss Persephone Plumtartt
“Here we are, Persephone. Let us stay out of the way of Ichabod and his labours. Good Lord Nelson’s bunions, this rail station is as a disrupted ant-mound. I pray that you show caution, my dear, as we pick our way back through this detritus of explosion and ensuing chaos of frenzied, madcap, repairs to the track that we may assist your friends in their quest for justice.”
“Thank you Kit. I think we will be safely out of the way over here at the station-house.”
“Yes, of course my dear. How about here in the lobby?”
“Ah, thank you Kit, this will do nicely. My word, yes.”
“That Temperance fellow. He certainly is industrious.”
“You could say so, I suppose.”
“I see.”
“You see what, Kit?”
“My darling, Persephone, I have a distinct feeling that I am intruding upon a courtship between you and the little American chap.”
“Well, courtship is a rather strong term for our relationship, Kit.”
“Persephone, you are as charming as you are beautiful, but I am still able to detect a note of insincerity. I am a man of the world, my lovely girl. I have known love and I have seen love. That boy looks at you with pure adoration. I suspect that you are temporarily at odds with the fellow. Probably he has been distracted by the imaginative theory concerning some sort of ingenious device. Ah, I am able to read your expressions to the point that I know I am on the right path. My dear Persephone, I think I prefer to withdraw my offers of affection until such time as you are clear in your mind and in accordance with your sensibility.”
“Oh, Kit. As a matter of fact, you are completely correct in your summation. I did not mean to lead you astray on a journey without a destination. It is inexplicable, I know, but I am strangely smitten by that boy.”
“Quite all right, Persephone, my dear. There is no accounting for love’s strange callings. You say that you two have been traveling together, but have not actually formalized the intents of your budding romance. To this I blame shyness on his part and credit good manners on yours, Persephone.”
“Oh, am I really so transparent? The truth is, that you are completely correct on all
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