Tom D. Connochie

On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of unconsciousness and wakes to find the old woman has disappeared. The other passengers ominously deny Miss Froy ever existed, so Iris begins to investigate with another traveler and, as the pair sleuth, romantic sparks fly.

What happens to the saints and sinners of a small Irish village on the day the world is supposed to end.

Both toys and the children playing with them become adults, separate and meet again. But nothing is as before.