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B. begins to grow quite frightened. He says: "We shall never be able to leave this city. There are no trains out of Munich at all. It's a plot to keep us here, that's what it is. We shall never be able to get away. We shall never see dear old England again!" I try to cheer him up by suggesting that perhaps it is the custom in Bavaria to leave the destination of the train to the taste and fancy of the passengers. The railway authorities provide a train, and start it off at 2.15. It is immaterial to them where it goes to. B BEGINS TO GROW QUITE FRIGHTENED HE SAYS WE SHALL NEVER BE ABLE TO LEAVE THIS CITY THERE ARE NO TRAINS OUT OF MUNICH AT ALL IT'S A PLOT TO KEEP US HERE THAT'S WHAT IT IS WE SHALL NEVER BE ABLE TO GET AWAY WE SHALL NEVER SEE DEAR OLD ENGLAND AGAIN I TRIED TO CHEER HIM UP BY SUGGESTING THAT PERHAPS IT IS THE CUSTOM IN BAVARIA TO LEAVE THE DESTINATION OF THE TRAIN TO THE TASTE AND FANCY OF THE PASSENGERS THE RAILWAY AUTHORITIES PROVIDE A TRAIN AND START IT OFF AT TWO FIFTEEN IT IS IMMATERIAL TO THEM WHERE IT GOES TO
se it gets somewhere," he replies indignantly. "It's an express! Munich," he murmurs, tracing its course through the timetable, "depart 2.15. First and second class only. Nuremberg? No; it doesn't stop at Nuremberg. Wurtzburg? No. Frankfort for Strasburg? No. Cologne, Antwerp, Calais? Well, where does it stop? Confound it! it must stop somewhere. Berlin, Paris, Brussels, Copenhagen? No. Upon my soul, this is another train that does not go anywhere! It starts from Munich at 2.15, and that's all. It doesn't do anything else." It seems to be a habit of Munich trains to start off in this purposeless way. Apparently, their sole object is to get away from the town. They don't care where they go to; they don't care what becomes of them, so long as they escape from Munich. "For heaven's sake," they say to themselves, "let us get away from this place. Don't let us bother about where we shall go; we can decide that when we are once fairly outside. Let's get out of Munich; that's the great thing.  DOES IT GET ANYWHERE I ASK OF COURSE IT GETS SOMEWHERE HE REPLIES INDIGNANTLY IT'S AN EXPRESS MUNICH HE MURMURS TRACING ITS COURSE THROUGH THE TIME TABLE DEPART TWO FIFTEEN FIRST AND SECOND CLASS ONLY NURREMBERG NO IT DOESN'T STOP AT NURREMBERG VIRTZBURG NO FRANKFORT FOR STRASBOURG NO COLOGNE ANTWERP CALAIS WELL WHERE DOES IT STOP CONFOUND IT IT MUST STOP SOMEWHERE BERLIN PARIS BRUSSELS COPENHAGEN NO UPON MY SOUL THIS IS ANOTHER TRAIN THAT DOES NOT GO ANYWHERE IT STARTS FROM MUNICH AT TWO FIFTEEN AND THAT'S ALL IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE IT SEEMS TO BE A HABIT OF MUNICH TRAINS TO START OFF IN THIS PURPOSELESS WAY APPARENTLY THEIR SOLE OBJECT IS TO GET AWAY FROM THE TOWN THEY DON'T CARE WHERE THEY GO TO THEY DON'T CARE WHAT BECOMES OF THEM SO LONG AS THEY ESCAPE FROM MUNICH FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE THEY SAY TO THEMSELVES LET US GET AWAY FROM THIS PLACE DON'T LET US BOTHER ABOUT WHERE WE SHALL GO WE CAN DECIDE THAT WHEN WE ARE ONCE FAIRLY OUTSIDE LET'S GET OUT OF MUNICH THAT'S THE GREAT THING
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