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Tintin and Haddock passed the broken line.
"Looks like sabotage," Tintin muttered, as he bent to inspect it. "Like a small explosion, or something."
"Blistering barnacles," Haddock cursed. "Why would anyone want to sabotage the train and nearly kill everyone on board?"
"Maybe they knew who was on board," Tintin said, as he stood up straight. "And wanted them gone."
"Who?" the Captain asked.
"Us."
They continued on, hoping to catch another train, or even hire a car for the rest of their trip.
"Thundering typhoons, why didn't you think of that in the first place?!" Haddock boomed.
"The idea never occurred to me until now," Tintin calmly answered, ignoring the Captains' bad temper. Bella ran ahead, barking.
"There's a small town," Tintin said, pointing up ahead. "What do you say we stop for a rest and a drink, Captain?"
"Sounds good to me," Haddock replied. They found a small café, and sat down at an outdoor table. A waitress came up to take their orders.
"I'll have tea," Tintin said.
"I'll have whisky," Haddock added.
"We don't serve whisky here, sir," the waitress replied.
"What café doesn't sell whisky?" Haddock grumbled. "I'll just have what the boy's having."
"Would you like me to get a bowl of water for your dog?" the waitress offered.
"That'd be nice."
Tintin and the Captain waited for their drinks. Tintin seemed lost in thought.
"What's on your mind, lad?" Haddock asked.
"Nothing," Tintin replied.
"It's about Snowy, isn't it?"
"You're right, Captain," Tintin answered, slamming his fist on the table, and frowning. "Why didn't I do anything to prevent it?"
"There wasn't anything you could do, Tintin," Haddock said.
"Sure there was. I could have dove into the water myself to save him! But I didn't. And now Snowy's probably lost, somewhere, and can't find his way home, and I didn't do anything about it."
"Tintin, calm down," Haddock said, as Tintin rested his head in his hand, his elbow on the table. "You're getting yourself all hot and bothered for no reason. What's happened has happened, and now we have to do what we can to find Snowy."
"And if we don't?"
"Now don't talk like that," Haddock snapped, getting annoyed at Tintin's negative attitude. "We will find him, one way or another; stop being so negative." Tintin sighed.
"You're right, Captain."
"Here are your drinks," the waitress said. She bent over and placed a bowl of water in front of Bella. "What a sweet dog you have."
"You don't know the half of it," Tintin muttered, as Haddock paid the waitress. Before she left, Tintin called to her.
"Do you know of any place we could rent a car?" he asked.
"Just down the road, sir," she replied.
"Thank you." Tintin and Haddock quickly finished their drinks, and hurried to the car rental place.
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