cigarettes and a pile of orange paperbacks.
She was a huge lady, and Tucky wondered if he would ever be able to stop himself from sliding down towards her into the crater she had made in the cushioned seat.
Doors were banging all the way down the train and a group of sailors ran past waving and shouting. More banging, the shrill whistle, the pressure building up in short blasts of steam; and then the train heaved forward, the engine settling into a slow pulling rhythm as they watched the platform slip away.
‘We’re off,’ said Tucky.
‘On our way, boys,’ said Miss Roberts. ‘Say goodbye to London, and good luck. Not for ever, you know. We’ll be back.’
David stared out of the window and wondered what his mother was doing at that moment and how long it would be before he’d see her again.
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