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Chapter 8

           HewasconsciousofthegroupsofEnglish,emergentafterfouryearsandwalkingwithdetective-storysuspicionintheireyes,asthoughtheywereabouttobeassaultedinthisquestionablecountrybyGermantrained-bands.Therewerebuildingandawakeningeverywhereonthismoundofdébrisformedbyamountaintorrent.AtBerneandatLausanneonthewaysouth,DickhadbeeneagerlyaskediftherewouldbeAmericansthisyear."ByAugust,ifnotinJune?"

           Heworeleathershorts,anarmyshirt,mountainshoes.Inhisknapsackwereacottonsuitandachangeofunderwear.AttheGlionfunicularhecheckedhisbicycleandtookasmallbeerontheterraceofthestationbuffet,meanwhilewatchingthelittlebugcrawldowntheeighty-degreeslopeofthehill.HisearwasfullofdriedbloodfromLaTourdePelz,wherehehadsprintedundertheimpressionthathewasaspoiledathlete.Heaskedforalcoholandcleareduptheexteriorwhilethefunicularsliddownport.Hesawhisbicycleembarked,slunghisknapsackintothelowercompartmentofthecar,andfolloweditin.

           Mountain-climbingcarsarebuiltonaslantsimilartotheangleofahat-brimofamanwhodoesn’twanttoberecognized.Aswatergushedfromthechamberunderthecar,Dickwasimpressedwiththeingenuityofthewholeideaacomplimentarycarwasnowtakingonmountainwateratthetopandwouldpullthelightenedcarupbygravity,assoonasthebrakeswerereleased.Itmusthavebeenagreatinspiration.Intheseatacross,acoupleofBritishwerediscussingthecableitself.

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