For a moment there would come a lull in the storm, but then it would swoop down again with such onslaughts that it seemed impossible to stand against it.

Meanwhile men ran to and fro, talking merrily together, their steps crackling on the platform as they continually opened and closed the big doors.

The bent shadow of a man glided by at her feet, and she heard sounds of a hammer upon iron.

" Hand over that telegram!" came an angry voice out of the stormy darkness on the other side.

" This way! No.