I must go to Milton by the next train."
The bag was packed, the cab ordered, the railway reached, in twenty minutes from the time of this decision. The London train whizzed by, drew back some yards, and in Mr. Bell was hurried by the impatient guard. He threw himself back in his seat, to try, with closed eyes, to understand how one in life yesterday could be dead to-day; and shortly tears stole out between his grizzled eye-lashes, at the feeling of which he opened his keen eyes, and looked as severely cheerful as his set determination could make him. He was not going to blubber before a set of strangers. Not he!
There was no set of strangers, only one sitting far from him on the same side. By-and-by Mr. Bell peered at him, to discover what manner of man it was that might have been observing his emotion; and behind the great sheet of the outspread "Times," he recognized Mr. Thornton.

I must go to Milton by the next train.'
The bag was packed, the cab ordered, the railway reached in twenty minutes. The London train arrived, and Mr. Bell was hurried in by the impatient guard. He threw himself back in his seat, trying, with closed eyes, to understand how one alive yesterday could be dead today; and shortly tears stole out between his grizzled eye-lashes. On feeling them he opened his keen eyes, and looked as severely cheerful as he could. He was not going to blubber before a set of strangers. Not he!
There was no set of strangers, only one sitting far from him on the same side. Mr. Bell peered at him; and behind the great sheet of the outspread Times, he recognised Mr. Thornton.
