They found a cab, and brought it to the scene, and they all got in, Mrs. Thornton just remembering to say “How-d’you-do-goodbye” to Miss Dawson.

Packing themselves inside was difficult. It was in the middle of it all that Mrs. Thornton suddenly exclaimed:

“But where’s John?”

The children fell immediately silent.

“Where is he?⁠—Wasn’t he on the train with you?”

“No,” said Emily, and went as dumb as the rest.

Mrs. Thornton looked from one of them to another.

“John! Where is John?” she asked the world at large, a faint hint of uneasiness beginning to tinge her voice.