Tomb in Seville
“The train rattled into the main station of Mediodía Madrid, a vast terminus where at first no one was to be seen, and once again there was good reason for this emptiness. As soon as the train came to a standstill an undisciplined scramble for the platform took place and Eugene and I dropped our luggage through the window and clambered down. Once free of the train, indecision took over. Crashing fusillades at close quarters seemed to be coming from the direction of the station outbuildings, and at intervals of a few seconds a major explosion echoed with shattering reverberations under the enormously wide glass roof of the station, and glass came crashing down.
The passengers, laden with bundles, were running along the platform, and a small crowd had gathered at the exit although no one passed through the doors. No screams were to be heard in this vast, apprehensive near-silence. A cluster of small holes had suddenly appeared in the nearby glass partition, all fringed with a frosty radi...ance of cracks.MoreLess
The passengers, laden with bundles, were running along the platform, and a small crowd had gathered at the exit although no one passed through the doors. No screams were to be heard in this vast, apprehensive near-silence. A cluster of small holes had suddenly appeared in the nearby glass partition, all fringed with a frosty radi...ance of cracks.MoreLess
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