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They met again at the station, in rather-too-new traveling costumes. During the maverick reception on the platform, with champagne served in paper cups, it was not Roy, the best man, but Bradd Criley who was the clown. He yelled, he slapped backs, he kissed Jinny, Lyra Coggs, Chris Grau, and Jinny's astonished mother. The train was going then, and Cass was muttering to Jinny, "It's good to get away from our loving friends."
In their Pullman seats, she boldly held his hand, not caring who looked, and said with a strange little fierceness, "We've started, and I'm incredibly excited and cheerful, and Heaven knows where it will end--maybe China and temple bells."