The Puerta del Sol was entirely deserted — though the weather was of enchanting warmth and beauty —and the quintessence of the excitable Madrilene populace was assembled in front of the Theatre del Oriente, near the Palace, where the Sessions of the Congress are provisionally held.

“Probably some dirty old man wanting to put a suckjob on one of the little kids,” Harry Shaw said.

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Rail is already the lowest-emission transport mode, but we can do even more.