[you open your door and find a 12x12 box with your name on it and the words
"today is the day"]

"Sama! Today is the day!"

"I know!"

They were up early today, breakfast was being served in the common room,
curried eggs and rice, and tea and toast.

Sama poured herself a cup of tea, and spread marmite on toast. "I think I
could get used to living here."

"I don't know how you eat that stuff. It smells spoiled!"

"I like it!"

They hurried their breakfast and went back to their room to pack.

The woman from the desk knocked on their door, knocking it open since they
didn't latch it. "Your uncle is here."

They hurriedly stuffed the last of their things into their bags, and Sama
took a wool shawl and wrapped it around herself. "It is so cold!"

The woman laughed from the doorway. "Just wait for winter. It's not even
chilly yet."

They stepped out onto the pavement, and their uncle stood, leaning against
the door of the black car. 

"You two made it, I see. It is good to see you both." 

"Thank you!"

Their uncle helped the driver load their things into the car, and settled
into the front seat, leaving the girls alone behind the glass divider.

"He looks just like our father!"

"He is his brother..." Sama laughed a little. They did look similar, she
thought.

"I keep expecting him to be like him, and he's not!"

"I know!"

The glass divider rolled down and their uncle turned backward over the seat
to talk. 

"There are rooms for each of you when we get there. We'll take the train
this morning, and we'll be there in time for you to freshen up for tea."

They arrived the train station directly, and their uncle paid the driver
curtly. He checked his watch, and said "Follow me."

The girls took their luggage and hurried to keep up with him.

The platform was crowded, a vendor was selling sandwiches, and a police
officer was checking IDs at the end before the trains. The station was
cavernous, with more than a dozen platforms sticking out of the central
walkway, and signs everywhere, and a loudspeaker curtly calling out the
names of towns and times.