Of course,' the man in the brown hat said, 'there are goodpolicemen and there are bad policemen, you know.''You're right,' the young man said. 'Yes. That's very true.Isn't it, Julie?' He looked at the young woman next to him.Julie didn't answer and looked bored. She closed her eyes.'Julie's my wife,' the young man told the man in the brownhat. 'She doesn't like trains. She always feels ill on trains.''Oh yes?' the man in the brown hat said. 'Now my wife- she doesn't like buses. She nearly had an accident on abus once. It was last year . .. No, no, it wasn't. It was twoyears ago. I remember now. It was in Manchester.' Hetold a long, boring story about his wife and a bus inManchester.It was a hot day and the train was slow. There wereseven people in the carriage. There was the man in thebrown hat; the young man and his wife, Julie; a motherand two children; and a tall dark man in an expensive suit.The young man's name was Bill. He had short brownhair and a happy smile. His wife, Julie, had long red hair1 One-Way TicketJulie opened her eyes and looked at the hack page of thetall dark mans newspaper.2The Girl with Green Eyesand very green eyes - the colour of sea water. They werevery beautiful eyes.The man in the brown hat talked and talked. He hada big red face and a loud voice. He talked to Bill becauseBill liked to talk too. The man in the brown hat laugheda lot, and when he laughed, Bill laughed too. Bill likedtalking and laughing with people.The two children were hot and bored. They didn't wantto sit down. They wanted to be noisy and run up anddown the train.'Now sit down and be quiet,' their mother said. She wasa small woman with a tired face and a tired voice.'I don't want to sit down,' the little boy said. 'I'm thirsty.''Here. Have an orange,' his mother said. She took anorange out of her bag and gave it to him.'I want an orange too,5 the little girl said loudly.'All right. Here you are,' said her mother
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