The Drunk and The Stranger

She was walking, at night, under the pillars of the walkway that brings you up to the station when she heard someone shouting violently and almost unintelligibly. - Nevertheless, she kept walking and descended into the subway. It was there that she saw the drunk involved in the struggle with the stranger.

She thought of him immediately as a stranger on account of his height, and unusual paleness of skin. - Something too about the shrill sound coming from his lips, for it was the stranger who was doing the shouting.

In spite of her apprehension, she continued to approach. - As she did, the stranger seemed to lose all interest in the drunk and came towards her. – The drunk, who up to this point had been quite integral to the scene, faded into the background.