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After a time Kit heard a locomotive whistle and he went to the door. The wind was very cold and the sky was dark. Thick smoke blew about the wood; the gravel train was stopping for some damaged material Kit wanted to send back.
"If Miss Grey and you don't mind, Bob, I'll go to the bridge," he said. "Mrs. Austin may find waiting dull and I want to see Alison, but I'd like you to stay. For one thing, the cook has planned a supper he declares they couldn't beat at a Winnipeg hotel."