“Box and Kershaw sat together, facing their two companions. Their luggage rested on the floor beside them, as there seemed to be no luggage racks. Colonel Kershaw held their tickets, and it had been agreed that he and Kolinsky would do any necessary talking. With a sudden jolt, the train started, and began to move slowly out of the station. The carriage was half full and, glancing round him, Box saw that most of their fellow-passengers looked like businessmen or merchants, though there w...ere a number of country folk as well, men and women dressed in what was evidently national costume. A group of soldiers, in the field-grey uniform of the German Army, sat by themselves at the back of the carriage, talking quietly to each other. They journeyed through a flat, uninteresting landscape, where arable farmland and small factory estates existed uneasily together. The route seemed to be sparsely wooded, and the trees stunted and twisted.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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