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"Be in N -- -- -sk on the twentieth. Session of district court. Details in letter. Editor. "
I looked at my watch and then went to inquire about the trains. I hoped that I could not catch the night train at the station, which was some ten versts from the city where I had just finished another piece of reporting. I saw already the laconic and businesslike answer: "Telegram delayed, cannot arrive on twentieth. " Unfortunately the timetable and my watch decided differently. I had three hours to pack and get to the station. That was time enough.