Дети железной дороги
The End.
"WELL!"saidBobbie.
"WELL!"saidPhyllis.
"Whateveronearthdoesthatmean?"askedPeter,buthedidnotexpectanyanswer.
"Idon’tknow,"saidBobbie."Perhapstheoldgentlemantoldthepeopleathisstationtolookoutforusandwave.Heknewweshouldlikeit!"
Now,curiouslyenough,thiswasjustwhathadhappened.Theoldgentleman,whowasverywellknownandrespectedathisparticularstation,hadgotthereearlythatmorning,andhehadwaitedatthedoorwheretheyoungmanstandsholdingtheinterestingmachinethatclipsthetickets,andhehadsaidsomethingtoeverysinglepassengerwhopassedthroughthatdoor.Andafternoddingtowhattheoldgentlemanhadsaid—andthenodsexpressedeveryshadeofsurprise,interest,doubt,cheerfulpleasure,andgrumpyagreement—eachpassengerhadgoneontotheplatformandreadonecertainpartofhisnewspaper.Andwhenthepassengersgotintothetrain,theyhadtoldtheotherpassengerswhowerealreadytherewhattheoldgentlemanhadsaid,andthentheotherpassengershadalsolookedattheirnewspapersandseemedveryastonishedand,mostly,pleased.Then,whenthetrainpassedthefencewherethethreechildrenwere,newspapersandhandsandhandkerchiefswerewavedmadly,tillallthatsideofthetrainwasflutterywithwhitelikethepicturesoftheKing’sCoronationinthebiographatMaskelyneandCook’s.
