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Chapter 37

           IsimplysaidthereisnowintersportatMontreux."

           "Iquestionthat,"theotherofficialsaid."Iquestionthatstatement."

           "Iholdtothatstatement."

           "Iquestionthatstatement.Imyselfhaveluge-edintothestreetsofMontreux.Ihavedoneitnotoncebutseveraltimes.Luge-ingiscertainlywintersport."

           Theotherofficialturnedtome.

           "Isluge-ingyourideaofwintersport,sir?ItellyouyouwouldbeverycomfortablehereinLocarno.Youwouldfindtheclimatehealthy,youwouldfindtheenvironsattractive.Youwouldlikeitverymuch."

           "ThegentlemanhasexpressedawishtogotoMontreux."

           "Whatisluge-ing?"Iasked.

           "Youseehehasneverevenheardofluge-ing!"

           Thatmeantagreatdealtothesecondofficial.Hewaspleasedbythat.

           "Luge-ing,"saidthefirstofficial,"istobogganing."

           "Ibegtodiffer,"theotherofficialshookhishead."Imustdifferagain.Thetobogganisverydifferentfromtheluge.ThetobogganisconstructedinCanadaofflatlaths.Thelugeisacommonsledwithrunners.Accuracymeanssomething."

           "Couldn’twetoboggan?"Iasked.

           "Ofcourseyoucouldtoboggan,"thefirstofficialsaid."Youcouldtobogganverywell.ExcellentCanadiantoboggansaresoldinMontreux.OchsBrothersselltoboggans.Theyimporttheirowntoboggans."

           Thesecondofficialturnedaway."Tobogganing,"hesaid,"requiresaspecialpiste.YoucouldnottobogganintothestreetsofMontreux.Whereareyoustoppinghere?"

           "Wedon’tknow,"Isaid."WejustdroveinfromBrissago.

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