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Serious Preparations for Vertical Descent

           Ihadnotimetogettiredofthemonotony;forinthreehourswestoppedatKiel,closetothesea.

           TheluggagebeinglabelledforCopenhagen,wehadnooccasiontolookafterit.YettheProfessorwatchedeveryarticlewithjealousvigilance,untilallweresafeonboard.Theretheydisappearedinthehold.

           Myuncle,notwithstandinghishurry,hadsowellcalculatedtherelationsbetweenthetrainandthesteamerthatwehadawholedaytospare.ThesteamerEllenora,didnotstartuntilnight.Thencesprangafeverishstateofexcitementinwhichtheimpatientirascibletravellerdevotedtoperditiontherailwaydirectorsandthesteamboatcompaniesandthegovernmentswhichallowedsuchintolerableslowness.IwasobligedtoactchorustohimwhenheattackedthecaptainoftheEllenorauponthissubject.Thecaptaindisposedofussummarily.

           AtKiel,aselsewhere,wemustdosomethingtowhileawaythetime.Whatwithwalkingontheverdantshoresofthebaywithinwhichnestlesthelittletown,exploringthethickwoodswhichmakeitlooklikeanestemboweredamongstthickfoliage,admiringthevillas,eachprovidedwithalittlebathinghouse,andmovingaboutandgrumbling,atlastteno’clockcame.

           TheheavycoilsofsmokefromtheEllenora’sfunnelunrolledinthesky,thebridgeshookwiththequiveringofthestrugglingsteam;wewereonboard,andownersforthetimeoftwoberths,oneovertheother,intheonlysalooncabinonboard.

           AtaquarterpastthemooringswereloosedandthethrobbingsteamerpursuedherwayoverthedarkwatersoftheGreatBelt.

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