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They stormed and raged, and threatened and pleaded for a quarter of an hour or so, and then they got sick, and slammed the door, and went off, leaving the Government to lose the fifty four marks. THEY STORMED AND RAGED AND THREATENED AND PLEADED FOR A QUARTER OF AN HOUR OR SO AND THEN THEY GOT SICK AND SLAMMED THE DOOR AND WENT OFF LEAVING THE GOVERNMENT TO LOSE THE FIFTY FOUR MARKS
ollector understood and disbelieved every word he said. He was also, on his part, able, with a little trouble, to understand what the collector said, which was that he must pay eighteen marks. And he had to. As for the other three, two at all events of whom were excellent German scholars, they did not understand anything, and nobody could make them understand anything. The collector roared at them for about ten minutes, and they smiled pleasantly and said they wanted to go to Hanover. He went and fetched the station-master, and the station-master explained to them for another ten minutes that, if they did not pay eighteen shillings each, he should do the German equivalent for summonsing them; and they smiled and nodded, and told him that they wanted to go to Hanover. Then a very important-looking personage in a cocked-hat came up, and was very angry; and he and the station-master and the collector took it in turns to explain to B. and his two friends the state of the law on the matter. ERMAN SO WELL THAT THE COLLECTOR UNDERSTOOD AND DISBELIEVED EVERY WORD HE SAID HE WAS ALSO ON HIS PART ABLE WITH A LITTLE TROUBLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COLLECTOR SAID WHICH WAS THAT HE MUST PAY EIGHTEEN MARKS AND HE HAD TO AS FOR THE OTHER THREE TWO AT ALL EVENTS OF WHOM WERE EXCELLENT GERMAN SCHOLARS THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND ANYTHING AND NOBODY COULD MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND ANYTHING THE COLLECTOR ROARED AT THEM FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES AND THEY SMILED PLEASANTLY AND SAID THEY WANTED TO GO TO HANOVER HE WENT AND FETCHED THE STATION MASTER AND THE STATION MASTER EXPLAINED TO THEM FOR ANOTHER TEN MINUTES THAT IF THEY DID NOT PAY EIGHTEEN SHILLINGS EACH HE SHOULD DO THE GERMAN EQUIVALENT FOR SUMMONING THEM AND THEY SMILED AND NODDED AND TOLD THEM THAT THEY WANTED TO GO TO HANOVER THEN A VERY IMPORTANT LOOKING PERSONAGE IN A COCKED HAT CAME UP AND WAS VERY ANGRY AND HE AND THE STATION MASTER AND THE COLLECTOR TOOK IT IN TURNS TO EXPLAIN TO B AND HIS TWO FRIENDS THE STATE OF THE LAW ON THE MATTER
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