In the first instance, the signalman heard the same words which the narrator said and saw a figure with its left arm across its face, while waving the other in desperate warning; he questioned it, but it vanished. He then ran into the tunnel, but found no-one; a few hours later, there was a terrible train crash with many casualties. During its second appearance, the figure was silent, with both hands before the face in an attitude of mourning; then, a beautiful young woman died in a train passing through.
The signalman initially heard the same words as the narrator, saw a figure with its left arm across its face waving in warning, and questioned it before it vanished. Later, the figure was silent with both hands covering its face in mourning, and a young woman died after a train passed through.