human
Oh, you're the one who telephoned about that train? he said, smiling pleasantly.
gpt
Well, she left ahead of time; there's no doubt about that. I don't know why she did any more than you do. She came puffing in, and Mr. Gillen--he's the station master here--hopped on board to speak to the conductor, and the train carried him off, too. Never left before like that, and I don't understand it. Nobody told me a word about it.
human
Where's the next stop?
gpt
Wells Junction. That's just three miles away. They wait there till 11:05 to make connections with the B. & X.
human
Three miles. Bunny did a little mental arithmetic.
gpt
Why, we could catch it there, then, if we just had some way of getting there.
human
Did you say there were nine of you? Well, here's a hand car that I was going to send up to the Junction sometime this afternoon. It would be perfectly safe, because there aren't any freights coming, and there isn't another passenger due till midnight. Let's see. You want to go to Deerfield, where you take the 'bus for Belden. Now, you buy tickets for Deerfield, and I will let you take the hand car. If you miss the train for any reason, you can turn in your tickets and get your money back.
gpt
All right, commented Bi a little heavily,