- Thornhill boards the Chicago-bound train, cops in hot pursuit.
- Right away he bumps into the lovely Eve Kendall, who covers for him by lying to the police about his whereabouts while he hides in a bathroom.
- Thornhill tells her he's being chased because of seven unpaid parking tickets; she doesn't seem to believe him.
- Thornhill sees his own picture in a newspaper in the train's club car and has to keep evading the police.
- He goes to the dining car, and coincidentally—or so he thinks—the steward seats him at Eve's table.
- She and Thornhill engage in some flirty small talk, and she calls him out about the seven parking tickets.
- Thornhill remarks that he was lucky to be seated at her table.
- She says, "Luck had nothing to do with it." She gave the steward five dollars to seat him there if he came in.
- "Is that a proposition?" Thornhill asks.
- Eve introduces herself as an industrial designer, "twenty-six and unmarried."
- Thornhill gives her a fake name, but she reveals that she already knows exactly who he is and that he's wanted for murder.
- Eve says she won't say anything to the authorities, though, and when Thornhill asks why not, she says she likes his face and that it's going to be a long night on the train.
- Eve invites Thornhill to her compartment to spend the night.
- She then tells him not to order any dessert, meaning he should hurry up, because the train's making an unscheduled stop and being boarded by more police.