Chapter 15 No.15

Three Hundred Miles in the Train

They filled a whole compartment-at least there was one seat vacant, but people seemed shy of taking it after a rapid survey of them all.

The whole seven of them, and only Esther as bodyguard-Esther-in a pink blouse an sailor hat, with a face as bright and mischievous as Pip's own.

The Captain had come to se