Summary:
‘There!’ With his chin he indicated a spot just vacated by a passenger on the seat of the sleeper coach. People fling bags, handkerchiefs, towels or magazines through the windows on their chosen seats or any available seat to “book” them. I said I wasn’t sure about that, but it definitely meant the person was not in his seat. A lady of generous proportions hustled in, scattering all who stood in her way with great authority before claiming the hanky and the seat. Alarmed, he withdrew further and further into his seat quite determined to disappear through its back, when the fierce-looking owner of the hairy hand peered in..