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They certainly are people of importance here . '' `` I do n't see the name on any of the brewery signs around town , '' observed Anguish , consolingly . `` There 's evidently no Guggenslocker here . '' They strolled through the streets near the hotel until after six o'clock , wondering at the quaint architecture , the pretty gardens and the pastoral atmosphere that enveloped the city . Everybody was busy , contented , quiet and happy . There was no bustle or strife , no rush , no beggars . At six they saw hundreds of workingmen on the streets , going to their homes ; shops were closed and there came to their ears the distant boom of cannon , evidently fired from different points of the compass and from the highland as well as the lowland .