June, 2026
2nd
Coach to London, only me on it. I get off at Victoria with my bags, overdressed, and remove a layer to repack; then suddenly I’m back on the coach, now with three other passengers being driven down a country lane (deep twilight green of Devon) which leads to a railway station called Eleanore, apparently in North London. I call out ‘Stop!’ to alight at the station, but the driver does not...