Modern Art Painting

Modern Art Painting
"You don't think, madam, that you may have had a little nap and - er - " he broke off tactfully.
"I have had a nap, but if you think this was a dream, you're quite wrong. I saw it, I tell you."
The ticket collector's eyes dropped to the open magazine lying on the seat. On the exposed page was a girl being strangled whilst a man with a revolver threatened the pair from an open doorway.
He said persuasively: "Now don't you think, madam, that you'd been reading an exciting story, and that you just dropped off, and awaking a little confused –"
Mrs. McGillicuddy interrupted him.
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saw it," she said. "I was as wide awake as you are. And I looked out of the window into the window of the train alongside, and a man was strangling a woman. And what I want to know is, what are you going to do about it?"
"Well - madam –"
"You're going to do something, I suppose?"
The ticket collector sighed reluctantly and glanced at his watch.
"We shall be in Brackhampton in exactly seven minutes. I'll report what you've told me. In what direction was the train you mention going?
Modern Art Painting