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At Brussels we got out and had some more coffee and rolls. I forget what language I talked at Brussels, but nobody understood me. AT BRUSSELS WE GOT OUT AND HAD SOME MORE COFFEE AND ROLLS I FORGET WHAT LANGUAGE I TALKED AT BRUSSELS BUT NOBODY UNDERSTOOD ME
 or village that did not possess one or more specimens of this man's relatives. Our journey seemed, not so much like a tour through Belgium and part of Northern Germany, as a visit to the neighbourhood where this man's family resided. I was careful to take a seat facing the engine at Ostend. I prefer to travel that way. But when I awoke a little later on, I found myself going backwards. I naturally felt indignant. I said: "Who's put me over here? I was over there, you know. You've no right to do that!" They assured me, however, that nobody had shifted me, but that the train had turned round at Ghent. I was annoyed at this. It seemed to me a mean trick for a train to start off in one direction, and thus lure you into taking your seat (or somebody else's seat, as the case might be) under the impression that you were going to travel that way, and then, afterwards, turn round and go the other way. I felt very doubtful, in my own mind, as to whether the train knew where it was going at all. T BELIEVE WE PASSED A SINGLE TOWN OR VILLAGE THAT DID NOT POSSESS ONE OR MORE SPECIMENS OF THIS MAN'S RELATIVES OUR JOURNEY SEEMED NOT SO MUCH LIKE A TOUR THROUGH BELGIUM AND PART OF NORTHERN GERMANY AS A VISIT TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WHERE THIS MAN'S FAMILY RESIDED I WAS CAREFUL TO TAKE A SEAT FACING THE ENGINE AT OSTEND I PREFER TO TRAVEL THAT WAY BUT WHEN I AWOKE A LITTLE LATER ON I FOUND MYSELF GOING BACKWARDS I NATURALLY FELT INDIGNANT I SAID WHO'S PUT ME OVER HERE I WAS OVER THERE YOU KNOW YOU'VE NO RIGHT TO DO THAT THEY ASSURED ME HOWEVER THAT NOBODY HAD SHIFTED ME BUT THAT THE TRAIN HAD TURNED ROUND AGAINST I WAS ANNOYED AT THIS IT SEEMED TO ME A MEAN TRICK FOR A TRAIN TO START OFF IN ONE DIRECTION AND THUS LURE YOU INTO TAKING YOUR SEAT OR SOMEBODY ELSE'S SEAT AS THE CASE MIGHT BE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT YOU WERE GOING TO TRAVEL THAT WAY AND THEN AFTERWARDS TURN ROUND AND GO THE OTHER WAY I FELT VERY DOUBTFUL IN MY OWN MIND AS TO WHETHER THE TRAIN KNEW WHERE IT WAS GOING AT ALL
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