Transcriber's Notes: 1. Page scan source: Google Books http://books.google.com/books?id=PyAGAAAAQAAJ (Oxford University) THE LAST CALL. THE LAST CALL. A Romance. BY RICHARD DOWLING, AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERY OF KILLARD," "THE WEIRD SISTERS," "SWEET INISFAIL," ETC. _IN THREE VOLUMES_. VOL. III. LONDON: TINSLEY BROTHERS, 8, CATHERINE ST., STRAND. 1884. [_All rights reserved_.] CHARLES DICKENS AND EVANS CRYSTAL PALACE PRESS. THE LAST CALL. * * * * * Part II.--_Continued_. THE LAST CALL. CHAPTER IX. At half-past six a train left Rathclare for Dublin. The evenings were now cold and short. It was getting near winter, the end of autumn. As the train was about to start from the platform, a man with the collar of a large boat-cloak turned up about his ears, and a soft felt hat pressed low over his brows, stepped into an unoccupied first-class compartment, and took his seat. He did not speak to the guard who checked his ticket, nor had the guard any opportunity of seeing his face, as the man in the cloak kept his face carefully averted. He sat muffled up in the corner without moving, hour after hour, as the train sped on through the darkness. Every time the speed slackened and they drew near a station at which they were to stop, he shook himself slightly, straightened his hat down over his eyes, and pushed up the collar of his cloak. All the way from Rathclare to Dublin fortune favoured him, if he desired to be alone. For, although they stopped several times, and came to a junction where he had to change, he succeeded in making his journey in solitude.