The Story-teller

It was a hot afternoon, and the railway [carriage:carry] was correspondingly sultry, and the next stop was at Templecombe, nearly an hour ahead. The occupants of the carriage were a small girl, and a [smaller:shorter] girl, and a small boy. An aunt belonging to the children occupied one corner seat, and the further corner seat on the opposite side was occupied by a bachelor who was a stranger to their party, but the small girls and the small boy emphatically occupied the compartment. Both the [aunt:persons] and the children were conversational in a limited, persistent way, [reminding:finding] one of the attentions of a [housefly:bird] that refuses to be discouraged.