He was going to work in Manchester where the headquarters of his firm are situated. He decided to go by a particular train that left Euston station daily at 6.50 p.m. He arrived at the station at half-past six and hailed a porter who carried his trunk to the booking-office. The clerk at the booking-office weighted the trunk, told him how much it would
He was going to work in Manchester where the headquarters of his firm are situated. He decided to go by a particular train that left Euston station daily at 6.50 p.m. He arrived at the station at half-past six and hailed a porter who carried his trunk to the booking-office. The clerk at the booking-office weighted the trunk, told him how much it would cost to send it, and made out a receipt that he put in his pocket. While the porter took his trunk to the guard’s van that was at the end of the train, he went to his reserved in a first-class carriage. He took off his coat, pulled a newspaper out of his pocket and sat down to do a crossword puzzle which was what he always did on a train journey. When the train arrived in Manchester, four hours later, he found a porter and started looking for the receipt that he remembered having put in his pocket at Euston for his heavy luggage; but he couldn’t find it anywhere. He went back to his carriage, which was empty by now and looked on the floor and under the seats. He realized he had lost the receipt and would have to try and claim his trunk, which fortunately his name and address were clearly printed on in white letters without it. He explained the situation to the porter who promised to help him. He recovered his trunk in the end, but it was an embarrassing situation that made him waste a lot of time and meant that he didn’t arrived at his hotel until after midnight.