"'His watch can never be slow.'
"'Indeed! And why so?'
"'Opposite to where he sits, and under lock and key, there is a watch which is regulated before starting by the clock at the coach-office. The conductor knows at what hour he should pass through each town and village on his route, and he makes the postilions hurry or slacken their pace accordingly, so as to arrive at Aix-la-Chapelle exactly at the right time.'
"'But with those precautions, how is it that we are obliged to wait upon the road?'
"'The conductor has doubtless followed your example, and slept, and the postilions have taken advantage of that to go quicker.'
"'Well, since we have still some time to remain here, I will get out and stretch my legs a little.'
"'It is not allowed to get out of the diligence in Prussia.'
"'Indeed! That is very agreeable. I wished particularly to look at that castle on the other side of the road.'
"'That is Emmaburg. It is the scene of the famous legend of Eginhard and Emma.'
"'Really! Be so obliging as to change places with me for a moment, that I may look at it through the window.'