I jumped on the train to accompany MM – for just a short while – on her long journey east across Europe. The plan was for me to accompany her as far the next stop, leave the carriage, cross platforms, then reverse this short trip. This would mean that I would be home in time to travel to a conference the next day with LM.

It was a pity that neither MM nor I had clocked that this service was non-stop all the way to Heidelberg.