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He
looked
up
uneasily
,
when
they
came
to
switch
his
engine
to
the
head
end
of
the
Comet
;
he
looked
up
at
the
red
and
green
lights
of
the
tunnel
,
hanging
in
the
distance
above
twenty
miles
of
curves
.
But
he
was
a
placid
,
amicable
fellow
,
who
made
a
good
fireman
with
no
hope
of
ever
rising
to
engineer
;
his
husky
muscles
were
his
only
asset
.
He
felt
certain
that
his
superiors
knew
what
they
were
doing
,
so
he
did
not
venture
any
questions
.
The
conductor
stood
by
the
rear
end
of
the
Comet
.
He
looked
at
the
lights
of
the
tunnel
,
then
at
the
long
chain
of
the
Comet
’
s
windows
.
A
few
windows
were
lighted
,
but
most
of
them
showed
only
the
feeble
blue
glow
of
night
lamps
edging
the
lowered
blinds
.
He
thought
that
he
should
rouse
the
passengers
and
warn
them
.
There
had
been
a
time
when
he
had
placed
the
safety
of
the
passengers
above
his
own
,
not
by
reason
of
love
for
his
fellow
men
,
but
because
that
responsibility
was
part
of
his
job
,
which
he
accepted
and
felt
pride
in
fulfilling
.
Now
,
he
felt
a
contemptuous
indifference
and
no
desire
to
save
them
.
They
had
asked
for
and
accepted
Directive
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,
he
thought
,
they
went
on
living
and
daily
turning
away
in
evasion
from
the
kind
of
verdicts
that
the
Unification
Board
was
passing
on
defenseless
victims
—
why
shouldn
’
t
he
now
turn
away
from
them
?
If
he
saved
their
lives
,
not
one
of
them
would
come
forward
to
defend
him
when
the
Unification
Board
would
convict
him
for
disobeying
orders
,
for
creating
a
panic
,
for
delaying
Mr
.
Chalmers
.
He
had
no
desire
to
be
a
martyr
for
the
sake
of
allowing
people
safely
to
indulge
in
their
own
irresponsible
evil
.
When
the
moment
came
,
he
raised
his
lantern
and
signaled
the
engineer
to
start
.
"
See
?
"
said
Kip
Chalmers
triumphantly
to
Lester
Tuck
,
as
the
wheels
under
their
feet
shuddered
forward
.
"
Fear
is
the
only
practical
means
to
deal
with
people
.
"
The
conductor
stepped
onto
the
vestibule
of
the
last
car
.
No
one
saw
him
as
he
went
down
the
steps
of
the
other
side
,
slipped
off
the
train
and
vanished
into
the
darkness
of
the
mountains
.
A
switchman
stood
ready
to
throw
the
switch
that
would
send
the
Comet
from
the
siding
onto
the
main
track
.
He
looked
at
the
Comet
as
it
came
slowly
toward
him
.
It
was
only
a
blazing
white
globe
with
a
beam
stretching
high
above
his
head
,
and
a
jerky
thunder
trembling
through
the
rail
under
his
feet
.
He
knew
that
the
switch
should
not
be
thrown
.
He
thought
of
the
night
,
ten
years
ago
,
when
he
had
risked
his
life
in
a
flood
to
save
a
train
from
a
washout
.
But
he
knew
that
times
had
changed
.
In
the
moment
when
he
threw
the
switch
and
saw
the
headlight
jerk
sidewise
,
he
knew
that
he
would
now
hate
his
job
for
the
rest
of
his
life
.
The
Comet
uncoiled
from
the
siding
into
a
thin
,
straight
line
,
and
went
on
into
the
mountains
,
with
the
beam
of
the
headlight
like
an
extended
arm
pointing
the
way
,
and
the
lighted
glass
curve
of
the
observation
lounge
ending
it
off
.
Some
of
the
passengers
aboard
the
Comet
were
awake
.
