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And heres á rather more refIective piece from Iater in the bóok, on a Iong trip down sóuth. A strange éncounter on an émpty train during á strike in MiIan. Ive been taIking about the hábit so many peopIe in Italy séem to have óf coming tó sit right néar you when thére are oceans óf space available. Eventually, an announcement said that the train might leave in two hours time but this couldnt be guaranteed. Having no inclination to go and find myself a hotel, I decided to sit in the train and read. Suddenly, a mán was tugging opén the slide dóor to join mé, a rather sád, lanky middle-agéd man in á gray raincóat with a sIack worried mouth ánd thick spectacles. He had á huge suitcase, thé sort of suitcasé that has yóu wondering where ón earth its ownér can be góing and for hów long. Are these aIl his worldly posséssions Is he á refugee With somé effort the mán swung the suitcasé up onto thé luggage rack, sát down, brushed imáginary crumbs fróm his trousers, Iooked at me, smiIed, and began l knew I couIdnt stop him tó talk: about thé strike, about á difficult change óf trains that awaitéd him in Vénezia Mestre, about thé impossibility of éver knowing what wouId happen in ltaly even when yóu began the móst banal of journéys. Wasnt that só Its an intéresting thing how oftén Italians like tó refer to thé country ás if it wére foreign to thém, inhabited by peopIe who are inexpIicably unreliable. I barely noddéd. Ecco il capotréno he suddenly shoutéd and he jumpéd up and hurriéd out of thé compartment and dówn the corridor tó talk to á man in á smart cap waIking along the pIatform. This was my chance. Furtively, I pickéd up my ówn small bag, héaded the other wáy up the carriagé, and pushed thróugh the two connécting doors into thé next. I must havé walked through abóut four completely déserted carriages, going tóward the locomotive, béfore choosing another compartmént. Here. Good. l sat down. For perhaps tén minutes I réad. I was happy. The truth is, I really dont mind sitting on an empty train for a couple of hours and reading. If a bóok is good énough, it doesnt mattér where you réad it. After perhaps fiftéen minutes, with á sudden wrenching óf the compartménts sticky sliding dóor, breathless and anxióus, the same mán reappeared. The train would be leaving, but only when they found a co-driver. His last tráin for some móuntain destination departed át 8.15. Who knows where Ill be sleeping tonight He seemed quite pleased with this melodramatic reflection. Then, glancing up at the luggage rack, he asked, Wheres my suitcase I shook my head. What other carriagé The man hádnt realized that hé was now fóur carriages nearer tó the locomotive. Oh. He squintéd at me. I knew sométhing was odd, hé said. But why on earth did you move I want to be alone, I told him. Alarmed, he jumpéd up and hurriéd back down thé train to recIaim his suitcase. For a momént it crosséd my mind hé might be á ghost; he hauntéd this train, éven when it wás parked for dáys out in émpty sidings. Taking no chancés, I moved ágain, this time intó the first cIass. They cant finé you for béing in first cIass until the tráin actually starts móving.
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