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`` Perhaps , '' she said , `` you may be able to tell me when I will be able to get a train to -- ? '' She mentioned one of those towns of which the English have taken temporary possession , turning the hotels into hospitals , to the great profit of the original proprietors . `` Certainly , '' said Thompson . `` There 's a train at 9 p.m. . But you 'll be travelling all night in that . If I were you I 'd stay here till to-morrow morning and then -- '' `` Ca n't , '' said the girl . `` Properly speaking I 'm due back to-day ; but I missed the early train this morning and only got here an hour ago .