Chapter 5. Interwoven

  The sway of the train carriage nudged Innis awake.

  Sitting next to him, Eurides looked out the window at the

  passing countryside.

  He rubbed his face. "Where are we?"

  "On a train to Port Melbourne." Eurides said.

  The last thing Innis remembered was the fire. He leaned back

  against the seat. "How did I get here?"

  "You left the beach before first light and walked until you

  reached the railway siding. You had a pleasant conversation

  with a rather surprised telegraph operator. Then you paid for

  a ticket and boarded this train when it stopped for water."

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  "It was as simple as that." Innis said.

  Eurides nodded. " It was."

  Innis looked closely at the clothes he was wearing. "Whoever these

  clothes belonged to, they're very well made."

  "A Dr. Carmichael booked passage on the Loch Ard with his wife and

  children in the hope of starting a new life in Australia."

  "Didn't work out the way he intended." Innis said.

  "Things seldom do." Eurides said.

  "Did any of the family survive?"

  "One of the daughters, Eva."

  "How do you know that?"

  "I helped her ashore." Eurides said, "although I doubt she

  will remember it."

  There was a medium sized bag on the seat next to him.

  "I believe it’s called a Gladstone," Eurides said. "It's a carry all for

  a Doctors’ tools of the trade."

  Innis unclipped the clasps, looked inside and whistled.

  "Do all Doctors carry around a small fortune hidden in their bag?"

  "I don't think the good Doctor will be asking for it back any time

  soon, so now it's yours."

  "Why are we going to Port Melbourne?" Innis asked.

  "For you to start a new life." Eurides said. "Do whatever you want.

  Come and go wherever you please. The only thing I ask - is that

  whatever you do, you do it quietly."

  "What does that mean?" Innis asked.

  "If you’d gone to back to the Glenample homestead, and Eva

  had recognized that you were wearing her Father's clothes,

  it would of caused a fuss, and whether you wanted to or not,

  I would of made you kill them all, including Eva."

  "Quietly it is then." Innis said.

  Eurides leaned over and kissed his cheek. "Our lives are intertwined

  now." Her hazel eyes glowed. "Thank you."

  Innis sensed she was leaving. "Wait." There were so many questions

  he wanted to ask, but Eurides was already gone. The train travelled on

  and when it emerged from a tunnel, Innis caught sight of his reflection

  in the carriage window.

  He was a young man again, fresh faced and even featured.

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