“And you had quite a little talk-fest there on the station platform?”
“We visited and chatted.”
“Your friends couldn’t stop over?”
“No. They were going to Los Angeles on business. They were with some other people.”
“And you visited until the conductor called out ‘All aboard’?”
“Yes.”
“Then they got back aboard the train?”
“Yes.”
“Now, did you wait for the train to pull out, or did you leave then?”
“We left then, but the train pulled out right afterwards. We heard it pulling out just as we walked through the depot. And I may say this. We waited until after the porter had closed the vestibule.”