If only the Emperor of Russia, on one side, or the Son of Heaven, on the other, were to enter the train to meet officially on the frontier of the two empires, what festivities there would be, what grandeur, what descriptions, what copy for letters and telegrams! It occurs to me to have a look at the mysterious box.

Has it not a right to be so called?
Yes, certainly.

I must really find out where it has been put and how to get at it easily.
The front van is already full of Ephrinell's baggage.

It does not open at the side, but in front and behind, like the cars.

It is also furnished with a platform and a gangway.