Four Foot Eight

Mornington Crescent

Two people get off a northbound train and look around at the platform with its cream tiling, station name fired into the tiles and wooden benches. One of them braces his feet firmly against the floor, holds a camera as steadily as is possible when neither flashes nor tripods are permitted, and takes a photograph.

Then they look at each other, shrug, and head to the southbound platform to wait for the next train back into town.