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First class

Mr. Plummer lived in Winchester, the old capital of England. One day, having to go to London on business, he bought a second-class return ticket and caught the morning express.

After spending the day in London, he reached the station to start his return journey at a time when all businessmen were going home to the country from their offices in London. The train was already crowded when Mr. Plummer arrived, and it was clear that, unless he changed his plans, he would have to stand up.

He noticed that there were several empty seats in the first-class carriages, and decided to travel in comfort. He could pay the difference when the ticket-collector came to the carriage on the way to Winchester. He got into a first-class carriage and sat down in one of the two remaining empty seats. The other four men in the carriage had the appearance of ordinary successful businessmen. They were well dressed in dark suits and were clearly men in good position. But before the train started, a different kind of person jumped in and sat down, a young man who had certainly never worked in an office.

Mr. Plummer was rather surprised to see such a man in a first-class carriage, until he remembered how full the train was. His coat was tight, and short at the back; his collar and tie were green; his brown shoes were narrow and pointed, like a girl’s. An unpleasant smell of hair-oil filled the air. Two of other men looked up in silence from their newspapers, shook them and then started to read again. The third man filled his pipe and blew clouds of smoke all over the carriage. Perhaps the young man hoped that no one would come to examine the tickets. If so, he was mistaken; for when the train had been traveling for twenty minutes, the door opened and an official entered.

Mr. Plummer had the necessary money ready in his hand, and held it out with the ticket. The official then turned to the others. One by one each of the four businessmen held out a second-class ticket, and all had to pay the difference. But the young man sat still. Had he no ticket at all? He had. His was the only first-class ticket in the carriage.

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