3. AN AWKWARD FIX
I was able to find my way in a strange district, when the sign-post lay uprooted in the ditch, without any difficulty. I simply replaced the post in its hole, so that the proper arm, with its lettering, pointed the way that I had come, and then, of necessity, the directions of the other arms were correct.
4. LINKED SWEETNESS LONG DRAWN OUT
The train was whistling for 5 minutes. Sound travels about a mile in 5 seconds, so the first I heard of it was 5 seconds after it began. Its last sound reached me 71⁄2 seconds after it ceased, so I heard the whistle for 5 minutes, 21⁄2 seconds.
5.
These quarters were not so elastic as they are made to appear. In good truth, considering that the second man who was placed in A was afterwards removed to I, no real second man was provided for at all.