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the emigrants followed suit in single file, and I was at the end. The peasants and women stared at us, the street police battled to patrol us across the streets and to stop all vehicles coming from both sides for such a long time. But eventually we sat in different coupes on the train travelling to Southampton.
I was in a coupe alone with one of the peasants. At one of
the stations, a well-dressed gentleman and a lady joined us. The peasant then unabashedly lit his German pipe with real Canaster tobacco, took out his sandwich and sausage and enjoyed his meal. The lady covered her nose and eyes at such barbaric behaviour and at the next station ensured that they left us. So, we were wonderfully alone again. In Southampton we again joined Stielau and all the others and as soon as I
had accommodated all my people, I took the next train back
to London where I spent a few nice days with family Bösche, friends of the Martins family, where Käthe Martins, the
oldest sister of my bride, spent some time. Käthe showed me around London: Crystal Palace, St Paul’s, Westminster, Tower, Albert Hall, Trafalgar Square, Madame Tussauds, Kensington Museum, Bank of England and much more. To and fro with the subway.