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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. 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
he book in pursuit of demon expresses that arrive at their destinations forty-seven minutes before they start, and leave again before they get there. He finds out, all by himself, that the only way to get from South Germany to Paris is to go to Calais, and then take the boat to Moscow. Before he has done with the timetable, he doesn't know whether he is in Europe, Asia, Africa, or America, nor where he wants to get to, nor why he wants to go there. Then I quietly, but firmly, take the book away from him, and dress him for going out; and we take 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 B.'s, but it is simpler and more efficacious. T AT ROME HE RUSHES UP AND DOWN THE BOOK IN PURSUIT OF DEMON EXPRESSES THAT ARRIVE AT THEIR DESTINATIONS FORTY SEVEN MINUTES BEFORE THEY START AND LEAVE AGAIN BEFORE THEY GET THERE HE FINDS OUT ALL BY HIMSELF THAT THE ONLY WAY TO GET FROM SOUTH GERMANY TO PARIS IS TO GO TO CALAIS AND THEN TAKE THE BOAT TO MOSCOW BEFORE HE HAS DONE WITH THE TIME TABLE HE DOESN'T KNOW WHETHER HE IS IN EUROPE ASIA AFRICA OR AMERICA NOR WHERE HE WANTS TO GET TO NOR WHY HE WANTS TO GO THERE THEN I QUIETLY BUT FIRMLY TAKE THE BOOK AWAY FROM HIM AND DRESS HIM FOR GOING OUT AND WE TAKE 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
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