Excerpt from The Humphries Touch
The Springburns were securely entrenched in their first-class carriage when the outrage took place. There was, that is to say, Sir Daniel, an old Warrenderian, his son Charles Lucifer, a new Warrenderian, and their personal luggage. In the dining-car were reserved two seats for luncheon.
The guard, a Springburn half-crown in his trousers pocket, was waving his flag when the incredible happened. The door was jerked open to receive two absolute strangers. The compartment was not actually engaged. Speaking legally it contained two vacant seats. But a child could have perceived that the Springburns respected solitude. The two intruders were both very short, very square, and smooth-faced. One of them wore an Eton collar and a knickerbocker suit. The other had fallen into the habit of grown-up clothes and was completely bald. They were in other respects the same.
The Springburns were displeased. They sat perfectly motionless (being a very old family) and exchanged sympathetic glances.
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