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1、ATRAMPABROADByMarkTwainCHAPTERI[TheKnightedKnaveofBergen]OnedayitoccurredtomethatithadbeenmanyyearssincetheworldhadbeenaffordedthespectacleofamanadventurousenoughtoundertakeajourneythroughEuropeonfoot.Aftermuchthought,IdecidedthatIwasapersonfittedtofurnishtomankindthisspectacle.SoIdeterminedto
2、doit.ThiswasinMarch,1878.Ilookedaboutmefortherightsortofpersontoaccompanymeinthecapacityofagent,andfinallyhiredaMr.Harrisforthisservice.ItwasalsomypurposetostudyartwhileinEurope.Mr.Harriswasinsympathywithmeinthis.HewasasmuchofanenthusiastinartasIwas,andnotlessanxioustolearntopaint.Idesiredtole
3、arntheGermanlanguage;sodidHarris.TowardthemiddleofAprilwesailedintheHOLSATIA,CaptainBrandt,andhadaverypeasanttrip,indeed.AfterabriefrestatHamburg,wemadepreparationsforalongpedestriantripsouthwardinthesoftspringweather,butatthelastmomentwechangedtheprogram,forprivatereasons,andtooktheexpress-tr
4、ain.WemadeashorthaltatFrankfort-on-the-Main,andfounditaninterestingcity.IwouldhavelikedtovisitthebirthplaceofGutenburg,butitcouldnotbedone,asnomemorandumofthesiteofthehousehasbeenkept.SowespentanhourintheGoethemansioninstead.Thecitypermitsthishousetobelongtoprivateparties,insteadofgracinganddi
5、gnifyingherselfwiththehonorofpossessingandprotectingit.Frankfortisoneofthesixteencitieswhichhavethedistinctionofbeingtheplacewherethefollowingincidentoccurred.Charlemagne,whilechasingtheSaxons(asHEsaid),orbeingchasedbythem(asTHEYsaid),arrivedatthebankoftheriveratdawn,inafog.Theenemywereeitherb
6、eforehimorbehindhim;butinanycasehewantedtogetacross,verybadly.Hewouldhavegivenanythingforaguide,butnonewastobehad.Presentlyhesawadeer,followedbyheryoung,approachthewater.Hewatchedher,judgingthatshewouldseekaford,andhewasright.Shewadedover,andthearmyfollowed.SoagreatFrankishvictoryordefeatwasga
7、inedoravoided;andinordertocommemoratetheepisode,Charlemagnecommandedacitytobebuiltthere,whichhenamedFrankfort--thefordoftheFranks.Noneoftheothercitieswherethiseventhappenedwerenamedforit.ThisisgoodevidencethatFrankfortwasthefirstplaceit
