"Quant à voir la ville, il n'y pensait même pas, étant de cette race d'Anglais qui font visiter par leur domestique les pays qu'ils traversent."
— Jules Verne

January 1, 1970

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As for seeing the town, he did not even think of it, being of that breed of Britons who have their servants do their sightseeing for them. — Ch. VII: Which once more shows the futility of passports for police purposes. Tr. William Butcher (1995)