Harris had his ticket; I was acting as banker to the party, so that he had in his pocket only some small change.

Excusing himself upon these grounds, he thereupon commenced deliberately a career of crime that, reading it later, as set forth baldly in the official summons, made the hair of Harris and myself almost to stand on end.
German travelling, it may be explained, is somewhat complicated.

You buy a ticket at the station you start from for the place you want to go to.
You might think this would enable you to get there, but it does not.

When your train comes up, you attempt to swarm into it; but the guard magnificently waves you away.

Where are your credentials?
You show him your ticket.