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- Comment il va y avoir des chemins de fer atmosphériques!.... - Oui monsieur.... vous comprenez dès lors qu'il sera très facile d'en établir un de Douvres à Calais.... il est vrai que c'est encore un projet en l'air!....
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M. · 1843
New train lines were still being constructed during this period and the possibility of railway travel was still a novelty. Yet, the two men are fantasizing about the possibility of flying trains. The jokes here come from the double meaning of several of the phrases and the potential for the of the characters to be misunderstanding each other.
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