The man saw this for himself, and suggested that to get over the difficulty Harris should go back into the garden by the proper entrance, which was round the corner, and afterwards immediately come out again by the same gate.

Then it was that Harris called the man a silly ass.

That delayed us a day, and cost Harris forty marks.
I followed suit at Carlsruhe, by stealing a bicycle.

I did not mean to steal the bicycle; I was merely trying to be useful.

The train was on the point of starting when I noticed, as I thought, Harris's bicycle still in the goods van.