Дети железной дороги
Saviours of the train.
ButPetercried,"Comeback!"andlookedatMother’swatch.Hewasverypromptandbusinesslike,andhisfacelookedwhiterthantheyhadeverseenit.
"Notime,"hesaid;"it’stwomilesaway,andit’spasteleven."
"Couldn’twe,"suggestedPhyllis,breathlessly,"couldn’tweclimbupatelegraphpostanddosomethingtothewires?"
"Wedon’tknowhow,"saidPeter.
"Theydoitinwar,"saidPhyllis;"IknowI’veheardofit."
"TheyonlyCUTthem,silly,"saidPeter,"andthatdoesn’tdoanygood.Andwecouldn’tcutthemevenifwegotup,andwecouldn’tgetup.Ifwehadanythingred,wecouldgetdownonthelineandwaveit."
"Butthetrainwouldn’tseeustillitgotroundthecorner,andthenitcouldseethemoundjustaswellasus,"saidPhyllis;"better,becauseit’smuchbiggerthanus."
"Ifweonlyhadsomethingred,"Peterrepeated,"wecouldgoroundthecornerandwavetothetrain."
"Wemightwave,anyway."
"They’donlythinkitwasjustUS,asusual.We’vewavedsooftenbefore.Anyway,let’sgetdown."
Theygotdownthesteepstairs.Bobbiewaspaleandshivering.Peter’sfacelookedthinnerthanusual.Phylliswasred-facedanddampwithanxiety.
