HOMBOURG AND RETURN
At the station—German insolence—The crowd in the railway
carriage—The surgeon major who was bound to smoke—We are
wrecked—A dismal prospect—A dreary search for shelter—The
wheelwright’s colt—Expensive hospitality—I turn cook—Crossing
a battlefield by night—The robbers of the dead—The capture of
a thief—Rest at Cateau—Confusion at Cologne—German
kindness—How I make myself sleep—We arrive at Hombourg and
start back again for Paris—Home again 207–226