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That evening we took the Rhine-boat -- the _ Parsifal _ this time -- and when we awoke in the morning we were well among the castles . It was a marvelous day , and I 'll have loads to tell you about it in the fall . '' ` We reached Mayence in the evening in a pouring rain , and took a cab , driven by a funny , red-faced driver , to a hotel where English was spoken , for however Mrs. Hill may have been impressed by my honors in German she had taken care to recommend English hotels . Our train for Berlin was to leave at nine A.M. , so we went to bed early , feeling too self-resourceful for words . '' ` Do you remember how , with cheers for St. Helen 's and groans for Athens , we bequeathed Greenie to the Ancient World last winter ? Who at that joyous moment would have thought that she would again and so soon enter our lives ? Imagine then , if you can , the chill of horror which shook us all when upon alighting at the Mayence station the next morning , ready to take our train for Berlin , we beheld -- _ unmistakably beheld _ -- our beloved Greenie by the drinking-fountain !!!