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But inquiring of the agent , they learned that the canal steamers left only at two o'clock in the morning . `` There 's a railroad , or the fellows could n't come back that way , '' suggested Laybold . `` That 's so ; you have more wisdom than a Duxbury clam . '' They ascertained that a train left Gottenburg at noon , by which they could reach Wenersberg the same day . They knew nothing of the plan of the principal , which included a special train from the canal to the main line of railway ; but they desired to see more of the interior of Sweden , and they were confident they should see the excursionists either at Wenersberg or on the way . It suited them better to make a trip even for a few hours , than to wander about a city which they had already exhausted . But they were obliged to wait some time for the train , and , after a couple of hours of `` heavy loafing '' about the streets , they returned to the pier .