I introduced my two friends, and we walked down the platform. As we passed the furniture van I started to hear noises proceeding from inside.
“Do not be alarmed,” said the Marquis. “I have explained that I am conveying a menagerie.”
We stopped before a first-class compartment. He opened the door and invited us to enter.
“Do not think me impolite if I myself travel in another carriage,” he said to me. “I have a companion.”
“M. Hankey?”
“He also is here,” he replied, I thought evasively.
Just before we started, Halfred put his head through our window and said, with a mysterious grin:
“The furriner's got a lady with him!”
