Bobbie picked up the box with Peter's toy engine inside it. 'I... I wanted to ask if you could mend this,' she explained, and took the engine out of the box. 'Everybody on the railway seemed so good and kind. I didn't think you'd mind.'
The driver took the little engine and the men looked at it silently, not speaking for several minutes. Bobbie waited.
'What do you think, Jim? said the driver at last. 'Can we help the little lady?'
The fireman smiled. 'I should thing we can!'
'Oh, thank you!' said Bobbie.
'But now we must make sure that you get home safely,' said the driver.
Bobbie stayed on the train until it reached Stack poole Junction. She asked the tow men all about driving a steam train, and they showed her the automatic brake, and the little clock faces that told them how much steam the engine was making. It was all very interesting. At stack poole Junction the two railwayman put her on anther train and sent ger home.