Railway Station

 This piece came from wyste's prompt of a sensible reaction to an arranged marriage set in a railway station.  It came in at 1,571 words and is not set in a previously existing world.

Gadalee Andreson arrived at Limerstaw Railway Station on the eleven thirty-five flyer from Grigstaw.  She was accompanied by her paternal aunt, Amnestra Styurvan nee Andreson, two lady's maids, a travel courier, and all their luggage.  The courier organised porters to transport the luggage to the platform that the South Coast Express would be departing from at twelve forty-five, and the four women got themselves out of the way by going to the ladies' conveniences and then to the station café for a quick lunch.

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