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"No, it is not much good, I'm afraid," he agrees. "It seems to go straight from Berlin to Heidelberg without stopping at Munich at all. Well then, where does the 1.45 go to? It must go somewhere." Five minutes more elapse, and then he exclaims: "Drat this 1.45! It doesn't seem to go anywhere. NO IT IS NOT MUCH GOOD I'M AFRAID HE AGREES HE SEEMS TO GO STRAIGHT FROM BERLIN TO HEIDELBERG WITHOUT STOPPING AT MUNICH AT ALL WELL THEN WHERE DOES THE ONE FORTY FIVE GO TO IT MUST GO SOMEWHERE FIVE MINUTES MORE ELAPSE AND THEN HE EXCLAIMS DRAT THIS ONE FORTY FIVE IT DOESN'T SEEM TO GO ANYWHERE
 and a quarter hours? Why, we were all night coming down!" "Well, there you are," he says, pointing to the time-table. "Munich, depart 1.45; Heidelberg, arrive 4." "Yes," I say, looking over his shoulder; "but don't you see the 4 is in thick type? That means 4 in the morning." "Oh, ah, yes," he replies. "I never noticed that. Yes, of course. No! it can't be that either. Why, that would make the journey fourteen hours. It can't take fourteen hours. No, of course not. That's not meant for thick type, that 4. That's thin type got a little thick, that's all." "Well, it can't be 4 this afternoon," I argue. "It must be 4 to-morrow afternoon! That's just what a German express train would like to do--take a whole day over a six hours' job!" He puzzles for a while, and then breaks out with: "Oh! I see it now. How stupid of me! That train that gets to Heidelberg at 4 comes from Berlin." He seemed quite delighted with this discovery. "What's the good of it to us, then?" I ask. That depresses him. FOUR I EXCLAIM DOES THE WHOLE DISTANCE IN TWO AND A QUARTER HOURS WHY WE WERE ALL NIGHT COMING DOWN WELL THERE YOU ARE HE SAYS POINTING TO THE TIME TABLE MUNICH DEPART ONE FORTY FIVE HEIDELBERG ARRIVE FOUR YES I SAY LOOKING OVER HIS SHOULDER BUT DON'T YOU SEE THE FOUR IS IN THICK TYPE THAT MEANS FOUR IN THE MORNING OH AH YES HE REPLIES I NEVER NOTICED THAT YES OF COURSE NO IT CAN'T BE THAT EITHER WHY THAT WILL MAKE THE JOURNEY FOURTEEN HOURS IT CAN'T TAKE FOURTEEN HOURS NO OF COURSE NOT THAT'S NOT MEANT FOR THICK TYPE THAT FOUR THAT'S THIN TIE GOT A LITTLE THICK THAT'S ALL WELL IT CAN'T BE FOUR THIS AFTERNOON I ARGUE IT MUST BE FOUR TO MORROW AFTERNOON THAT'S JUST WHAT A GERMAN EXPRESS TRAIN WOULD LIKE TO DO TAKE A WHOLE DAY OVER A SIX HOURS JOB HE PUZZLES FOR A WHILE AND THEN BREAKS OUT WITH OH I SEE IT NOW HOW STUPID OF ME THAT TRAIN THAT GETS TO HEIDELBERG AT FOUR COMES FROM BERLIN HE SEEMS QUITE DELIGHTED WITH THIS DISCOVERY WHAT'S THE GOOD OF IT TO US THEN I ASK THAT DEPRESSES HIM
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