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Every morning B. has sat down with the book before him, and, grasping his head between his hands, has tried to understand it without going mad. "Here we are," he has said. "This is the train that will do for us. Leaves Munich at 1.45; gets to Heidelberg at 4  just in time for a cup of tea." EVERY MORNING B HAS SAT DOWN WITH THE BOOK BEFORE HIM AND GRASPING HIS HEAD BETWEEN HIS HANDS HAS TRIED TO UNDERSTAND IT WITHOUT GOING MAD HERE WE ARE HE HAS SAID THIS IS THE TRAIN THAT WILL DO FOR US LEAVE MUNICH AT ONE FORTY FIVE GETS TO HEIDELBERG AT FOUR JUST IN TIME FOR A CUP OF TEA
nded 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. 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. But dear old Bradshaw is an axiom in Euclid for stone-wall obviousness, compared with a through Continental time-table. O 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 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 BUT DEAR OLD BRADSHAW IS AN AXIOM IN EUCLID FOR STONEWALL OBVIOUSNESS COMPARED WITH THE THROUGH CONTINENTAL TIME TABLE
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