Glancing at it briefly, he told me to look again. A tiny asterisk conducted me to afootnote at the bottom ... [查看全文]
Two hours later, I was talking angrily to the stationmaster at Westhaven. When he denied the train's exis... [查看全文]
One hourand seventeen minutes passed and we had not even covered half the distance. I askeda passenger if th... [查看全文]
Even a mighty express train can be held up by signals. But when the train dawdledat station after station, ... [查看全文]
At the time, this did not strike me as odd. I reflected that theremust be a great many people besides myse... [查看全文]
After consulting my railway timetable, I noted with satisfaction that there was anexpress train to Westhaven. ... [查看全文]
Only an exceptionally heavy snow fallmight temporarily dislocate railway services. Itis all too easy to blame ... [查看全文]
The Westhaven Express 開往威斯特海溫的快車 We have learnt to expect that trains will bepunctual. After years ... [查看全文]
Hans returned to his family home, butthe house had been bombed and no one in the neighbourhood knew what ha... [查看全文]
A Chance in a million 百萬分之一的幾率 We are less credulous than we used to be. In thenineteenth century,... [查看全文]