, for the train started a little before eight , or rather it ought to have done so , for after rushingrushto the station at 7:30 I had to sitsitin the carriage for more than an hour before we began to move .
This is , I believe , a state of things only possible with English people of whom , till today , when I sitsitdown to puzzlepuzzleout what I know of this sad affair , I knew nothing whatever .
Though he gave a little sighsighat the sightsightof his wife 's sofa , he did not hesitate to sitsitdown upon it , and even to drawdrawit a little out of its position , which , as Lucilla describeddescribeafterwards , was like a knife going into her heart .