about 7 p.m.
We had completely barricaded the door and no one could have got in if we had chosen to defend our position . But Thompson was not selfish . The train stopped at a station every quarter of an hour or so , and Thompson climbing up the barricade , opened the window and took a look out every time we stopped . At one station -- it was then about 7 p.m. and quite dark -- he discovered a forlorn boy -- a second-lieutenant -- who was trying to find room for himself and his belongings . Thompson hailed him . The next five minutes were passed in fierce toil by all of us . But before the train started Thompson got the boy and his belongings into our compartment .