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At midnight, station keeper Ellis found a

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wet umbrella resting on the deserted platform.

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No train had stopped there for twenty years.

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From the tunnel came the slow scrape of luggage wheels.

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Ellis raised his torch.

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The beam reached only the first few sleepers

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before the darkness swallowed it.

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Inside the ticket office, the old departure clock began to move backwards.

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A single fresh ticket slid beneath the locked door.

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Ellis turned it over. On the blank paper,

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water spread into the shape of a hand.

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Five dark fingerprints appeared against the other side of the window.

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He backed toward the platform exit.

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Beyond the glass, an empty train arrived without headlights,

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its doors opening onto complete darkness.

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Ellis left the umbrella where he had found it

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and walked away without looking back.

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Behind him, the departure clock struck thirteen.