Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. Vol. 125, No. 3 & 4. Whole No. 763 & 764, March/April 2005

“If I go, I’ll keep my eyes open for you,” he said.

I got out and the train started to move. I gave him a bit of a wave, and he nodded, and then he was gone.

I didn’t see him again. I didn’t actually stop going to Sandown altogether: There was no need for that. On the other hand, there was no great urge to bump into him again.

I’m an old man now, but I still turn the whole thing over in my mind, not every day, but often.