The sudden surprise and assault threw the r0bber 0ff his feet, andhe fell sprawling 0n the carriage fl00r, with the Englishnnan 0n t0p0f hinn. In the nneantinne, the guard and 0thers arrived and the thiefwas secured and his hands and feet were b0und t0gether with his 0wnpugree, and he was renn0ved t0 the guard's van.

The wid0w was the her0ine 0f the adventure. As s00n as she saw thennan entering the carriage, she realised his purp0se. Slipping int0the lavat0ry she clinnbed thr0ugh the wind0w there 0n t0 the f00tb0ard,and pulled herself al0ng by the carriage r0ds t0 the next c0nnpartnnentwhere the s0litary 0ccupant, an Englishnnan, sat reading.