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After a while, the engine driver, during a pause in the conversation, looks at his watch, and says he is afraid he must be going, but the station master's wife won't hear of it. "Oh, you must stop and see the children," she says. "They will be home from school soon, and they'll be so disappointed if they hear you have been here and gone away again. Lizzie will never forgive you." AFTER A WHILE THE ENGINE DRIVER DURING A PAUSE IN THE CONVERSATION LOOKS AT HIS WATCH AND SAYS HE IS AFRAID HE MUST BE GOING BUT THE STATION MASTER'S WIFE WON'T HEAR OF IT OH YOU MUST STOP AND SEE THE CHILDREN SHE SAYS THEY WILL BE HOME FROM SCHOOL SOON AND THEY'LL BE SO DISAPPOINTED IF THEY HEAR YOU HAVE BEEN HERE AND GONE AWAY AGAIN LIZZIE WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU
station, and tell a porter that, "Please, we want to go to Heidelberg." And the porter takes us one by each hand, and leads us to a seat and tells us to sit there and be good, and that, when it is time, he will come and fetch us and put us in the train; and this he does. That is my method of finding out how to get from one place to another. It is not as dignified, perhaps, as B.'s, but it is simpler and more efficacious. It is slow work travelling in Germany. The German train does not hurry or excite itself over its work, and when it stops it likes to take a rest. When a German train draws up at a station, everybody gets out and has a walk. The engine-driver and the stoker cross over and knock at the station-master's door. The station-master comes out and greets them effusively, and then runs back into the house to tell his wife that they have come, and she bustles out and also welcomes them effusively, and the four stand chatting about old times and friends and the state of the crops. E OUR BAGS AND WALK TO THE STATION AND TELL A PORTER THAT PLEASE WE WANT TO GO TO HEIDELBERG AND THE PORTER TAKES US ONE BY EACH HAND AND LEADS US TO A SEAT AND TELLS US TO SIT THERE AND BE GOOD AND THAT WHEN IT IS TIME HE WILL COME AND FETCH US AND PUT US IN THE TRAIN AND THIS HE DOES THAT IS MY METHOD OF FINDING OUT HOW TO GET FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER IT IS NOT AS DIGNIFIED PERHAPS AS BEES BUT IT IS SIMPLER AND MORE EFFICACIOUS IT IS SLOW WORK TRAVELLING IN GERMANY THE GERMAN TRAIN DOES NOT HURRY OR EXCITE ITSELF OVER ITS WORK AND WHEN IT STOPS IT LIKES TO TAKE A REST WHEN A GERMAN TRAIN DRAWS UP AT A STATION EVERYBODY GETS OUT AND HAS A WALK THE ENGINE DRIVER AND THE STOKER CROSS OVER AND KNOCK AT THE STATION MASTER'S DOOR THE STATION MASTER COMES OUT AND GREETS THEM EFFUSIVELY AND THEN RUNS BACK INTO THE HOUSE TO TELL HIS WIFE THAT THEY HAVE COME AND SHE BUSTLES OUT AND ALSO WELCOMES THEM EFFUSIVELY AND THE FOUR STAND CHATTING ABOUT OLD TIMES AND FRIENDS AND THE STATE OF THE CROPS
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