nearly half past ten
And suppose now that he did jump across and run along the tracks ? What would it matter -- he , one among millions , without wife or child ? Yes , he would warn the engineer ; and if they shot at him , perhaps the people on the train also had revolvers . The express must come soon -- it must be nearly half past ten . Mechanically , he read the name Swallowtown on the old box-lid . Not a sound from the interior of the station . Would they hit him or miss him when the train came ?