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<p>[Page 90]</p><p>At 2 pm the first train left, and half an hour later the second one, on which I shared a compartment with Dreyen [?], Brennecke, Läbking, etc. Riding towards an unknown fate, past a monotonous landscape, we first fortified ourselves with the food we had brought along and then played Skat out of sheer desperation. It was clear that we were riding south, but that could mean Sydney, Liverpool or Canberra. Eventually, as dusk settled in, we got tired and each sought to find some sleep. We rode through the night hardly ever stopping and when at 6.30 am we rolled across the Parramatta River and past train stations we recognised from way back, we knew we were heading for Liverpool. So we did have to see this unholy hole once again! The only consolation that I and my friends had was that the men who only recently wanted to deport 3 gentlemen to that ghastly place were now going there themselves. Among the ones who had signed</p>