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[imchongjun]

Hello, teachers.
I appreciate it very much if you could explain what "the injustice of it" in the following passage means.

(in the train where Doan is the only passenger)
Doan took a look at the empty seats. "You didn't make this trip especially on my account, did you?"
"No!" The conductor was even more indignant at the injustice of it. "We got to run a train from Palos Junction through here and back every twenty-four hours in the off season to keep our franchise. Otherwise you'd have walked up."

I see the conductor is exasperated by Doan's joke, but why does he feel the joke is "injustice"?

[Philo Kevetch]

Hello Im Chong-Jun

'just' = having a basis in fact - reasonable / well-founded

3: 'justice' = conformity to truth, fact or reason

so... the conductor is exasperated by Dolans' 'unreasonable' assumption that the train would make a 'special' trip on his account.

Philo

[imchongjun]

Thank you, Philo, for your clear explanation!!