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Scene : A Parlour Car on the New York Central Railroad. It is late afternoon in the early autumn, with a cloudy sunset threatening rain. The car is unoccupied save by a gentleman, who sits fronting one of the windows, with his feet in another chair; a newspaper lies across his lap; his hat is drawn down over his eyes, and he is apparently asleep. The rear door of the car opens, and the conductor enters with a young lady, heavily veiled, the porter coming after with her wraps and travelling-bags. The lady's air is of mingled anxiety and desperation, with a certain fierceness of movement. She casts a careless glance over the empty chairs .
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The gentleman stirs in his chair, lifts his head, listens, takes his feet down from the other seat, rises abruptly, and comes to Miss Galbraith's side.
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averting her face. —
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with a forlorn smile. —
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with dismay. —
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will polite ceremony. —
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without heeding her. —
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kneeling promptly. —
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very coldly. —
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after a moment. —
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burying her face in her handkerchief, and sobbing. —
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who at this moment enters with his step-ladder, and begins to light the lamps. —
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laughing. —
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plaintively. —
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wheeling round so as to confront her. —
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wildly. —
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with dignity. —
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indignantly. —
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behind her handkerchief. —
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over his shoulder. —
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coming back, and sitting down in the chair nearest her. —
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without regarding him. —
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in amazement. —
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very sternly at first, with a rising hysterical inflection. —
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interrupting him. —
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grimly. —
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quietly. —
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springing fiercely to her feet. —
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anxiously. —
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unsympathetically. —
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mortified, yet anxious. —
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listening to the rain-fall on the roof. —
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rises and goes to the large mirror to wipe away her tears. She glances at Mr. Richards, who does not move. She sits down in a seat nearer him than the chair she has left. After some faint murmurs and hesitations, she asks,
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with indifference. —
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after another hesitation. —
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tremulously. —
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dryly. —
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returns to her former place with a wounded air, and for a moment neither speaks. Finally she asks very meekly,
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coldly. —
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after some little noises and movements meant to catch Mr. R.'s attention. —
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still very coldly. —
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plaintively. —
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very judicially. —
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becoming more and more uneasy as the noise of the approaching train grows louder. —
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with sudden violence. —
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relenting. —
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quickly. —
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running towards the rear door. —
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disengaging herself. —
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in a fearful whisper. —
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ruefully. —
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demurely. —
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starting, in burlesque of her movement, as if a thought had struck him . —
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faintly. —
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more faintly still. —
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coming and standing in front of her, with his hands in his pockets. —
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after a little silence. —
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softly. —
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springing from her seat, and confronting him. —
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hiding her face on his shoulder. —
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starting away again and looking about the car. —
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entering and gathering up Miss Galbraith's things. —
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rising and adjusting her dress, and then looking about the car, while she passes her hand through her lover's arm. —
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kissing his hand in like manner. —
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