Chapter 1
Towards the end of November, during a thaw, at nine o\'clock one
morning, a train on the Warsaw and Petersburg railway was approaching
the latter city at full speed. The morning was so damp and
misty that it was only with great difficulty that the day succeeded in
breaking; and it was impossible to distinguish anything more than a few
yards away from the carriage windows.
Towards the end of November, during a thaw, at nine o\'clock one
morning, a train on the Warsaw and Petersburg railway was approaching
the latter city at full speed. The morning was so damp and
misty that it was only with great difficulty that the day succeeded in
breaking; and it was impossible to distinguish anything more than a few
yards away from the carriage windows.