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This notion increased , and she sank into a corner in a half-somnolent state , but with ears alive to the slightest sound . Reason could not overthrow the delirious fancy that outside her door stood Manston and all the people in the hotel , waiting to laugh her to scorn . In the meantime , Springrove was pacing up and down the arrival platform of the railway-station . Half-past eight o'clock -- the time at which Owen 's train was due -- had come , and passed , but no train appeared . ` When will the eight-thirty train be in ? ' he asked of a man who was sweeping the mud from the steps . ` She is not expected yet this hour . '