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Finding out and arranging our trains has been a fearful work. I have left the whole business with B., and he has lost two stone over it. I used to think at one time that my own dear native Bradshaw was a sufficiently hard nut for the human intellect to crack; or, to transpose the simile, that Bradshaw was sufficient to crack an ordinary human nut. FINDING OUT AND ARRANGING OUR TRAINS HAS BEEN A FEARFUL WORK I HAVE LEFT THE WHOLE BUSINESS WITH B AND HE HAS LOST TWO STONE OVER IT I USED TO THINK AT ONE TIME THAT MY OWN DEAR NATIVE BRADSHAW WAS A SUFFICIENTLY HARD NUT FOR THE HUMAN INTELLECT TO CRACK OR TO TRANSPOSE THE SIMILE THE BRADSHAW WAS SUFFICIENT TO CRACK AN ORDINARY HUMAN NUT
lberg we went to Darmstadt. We spent half-an-hour at Darmstadt. Why we ever thought of stopping longer there, I do not know. It is a pleasant enough town to live in, I should say; but utterly uninteresting to the stranger. After one walk round it, we made inquiries as to the next train out of it, and being informed that one was then on the point of starting, we tumbled into it and went to Bonn. From Bonn (whence we made one or two Rhine excursions, and where we ascended twenty-eight "blessed steps" on our knees--the chapel people called them "blessed steps;" _we_ didn't, after the first fourteen) we returned to Cologne. From Cologne we went to Brussels; from Brussels to Ghent (where we saw more famous pictures, and heard the mighty "Roland" ring "o'er lagoon and lake of sand"). From Ghent we went to Bruges (where I had the satisfaction of throwing a stone at the statue of Simon Stevin, who added to the miseries of my school-days, by inventing decimals), and from Bruges we came on here. RED MILES ON PURPOSE TO SEE IT FROM HEIDELBERG WE WENT TO DARNSTATT WE SPENT HALF AN HOUR AT DARNSTATT WHY WE EVER THOUGHT OF STOPPING LONGER THERE I DO NOT KNOW IT IS A PLEASANT ENOUGH TOWN TO LIVE IN I SHOULD SAY BUT UTTERLY UNINTERESTING TO THE STRANGER AFTER ONE WALK ROUND IT WE MADE INQUIRIES AS TO THE NEXT TRAIN OUT OF IT AND BEING INFORMED THAT ONE WAS THEN ON THE POINT OF STARTING WE TUMBLED INTO IT AND WENT TO BON FROM BON WHENCE WE MADE ONE OR TWO RHINE EXCURSIONS AND WHERE WE ASCENDED TWENTY EIGHT BLISTENED STEPS ON OUR KNEES THE CHAPEL PEOPLE CALLED THEM BLESSED STEPS WE DIDN'T AFTER THE FIRST FOURTEEN WE RETURNED TO COLOGNE FROM COLOGNE WE WENT TO BRUSSELS FROM BRUSSELS TO GHENT WHERE WE SAW MORE FAMOUS PICTURES AND HEARD THE MIGHTY ROLAND RING EAR LAGOON AND LAKE OF SAND FROM GHENT WE WENT TO BRUGES WHERE I HAD THE SATISFACTION OF THROWING A STONE AT THE STATUE OF SIMON STEVA WHO ADDED TO THE MISERIES OF MY SCHOOL DAYS BY INVENTING DECIMALS AND FROM BRUGES WE CAME ON HERE
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