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The train moved slowly, as becomes a well- conducted Swiss train that winds through beautiful country, and has no intention of blurring the views by undue haste. At each station there was a long stop, a slow renewal of leisurely motion. To our little company of impatient French people within the compartment this slow progress was very trying. A feverish excitement possessed us ; we could not sit still ; from time to time we thrust our heads between the curtains to gaze in advance of the train. Villiers de ITsle-Adam was one of us and most enthusiastic of all, his emotion continually bubbling over into spasmodic laughter and disjointed phrases.