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Truly the Judge 's methods were not Harvard methods . And if there were pride in the young Bostonian , Mr. Whipple thought he knew the cure for it . It was to Richter Stephen owed a debt of gratitude in these days . He would often take his midday meal in the down-town beer garden with the quiet German . Then there came a Sunday afternoon -LRB- to be marked with a red letter -RRB- when Richter transported him into Germany itself . Stephen 's eyes were opened . Richter took him across the Rhine .