4:15
War-fever was spreading everywhere . Men were rushing to enlist -- and being constantly rejected , for it was still the days of regular standards . As the crowds surged on the pavement , as the soldiers tramped to the station , as the traffic waited , there came a certain flow in the opposite direction . The 4:15 train had come in . People were struggling along with luggage , children were running with spades and buckets , cabs were crawling along with families : it was the seaside people coming home . Alvina watched the two crowds mingle . And as she watched she saw two men , one carrying a mandoline case and a suit-case which she knew .