Passepartout found that he could not avoid telling his master what had occurred, and, with hanging head, he was turning towards the car, when the engineer, a true Yankee, named Forster called out, "Gentlemen, perhaps there is a way, after all, to get over."
Toch was Passepartout genoodzaakt om hem alles mede te deelen, en met gebogen hoofd begaf hij zich naar den waggon, toen de machinist van den trein--een echte Yankee, Forster genaamd--zijne stem verhief en zeide: "Heeren, er is misschien een middel om verder te gaan."