Chapter 55
Agnes pulled up the hem of her skirt as she stepped off the train at a station that didn’t exist when she left. Then she turned to help down the young girl and the young girl’s mother. She looked around, hoping to see someone waiting for her, but there was no one, no familiar face. But how could there be? She didn’t tell anyone she was arriving.
The wind caught her hair. She pulled her scarf around her neck to keep out the first chill of early fall.
“Your trunk will be waiting for you in the depot, Miss,” said the conductor.
Agnes thanked him, and wished the young girl and her mother a good day.
She walked through the station and onto Douglas Street. She turned both left and right, but didn’t see anyone she recognized. The surprise was going to be all hers.
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