Rebel Fire
“He grabbed Virginia’s arm and pulled her towards him, but she resisted.
“We need to get off!” he hissed. “We haven’t got tickets, and we’re leaving your father behind!”
“We can get tickets from the conductor on the train,” she replied, “or tell him that our pa has the tickets and he’s in another compartment. And we can telegraph back to Pa when we stop and tell him where we are. The important thing is that we don’t lose the men who have Matty. If we do, we’ve lost them forever. We need to track... them until they settle in another hotel, or a house, or something.”
“But—” he started.
“Trust me! This is my country, I understand how it works. I’ve made train journeys by myself before. We’ll be okay.”
Sherlock subsided. They’d ended up where they were by accident, but they ought to make the best of it, now they were there. Getting off the train and going back to the hotel would waste all the effort they’d gone to in getting to America so far.
“Very well,”MoreLess
“We need to get off!” he hissed. “We haven’t got tickets, and we’re leaving your father behind!”
“We can get tickets from the conductor on the train,” she replied, “or tell him that our pa has the tickets and he’s in another compartment. And we can telegraph back to Pa when we stop and tell him where we are. The important thing is that we don’t lose the men who have Matty. If we do, we’ve lost them forever. We need to track... them until they settle in another hotel, or a house, or something.”
“But—” he started.
“Trust me! This is my country, I understand how it works. I’ve made train journeys by myself before. We’ll be okay.”
Sherlock subsided. They’d ended up where they were by accident, but they ought to make the best of it, now they were there. Getting off the train and going back to the hotel would waste all the effort they’d gone to in getting to America so far.
“Very well,”MoreLess
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