On the way to the train, Obuch's (the narrator) suitcase was much heavier than it was three days ago, when he first arrived. He had exactly the same things in his suitcase but the way home it is always heavier when one does not have any success. It was an Afternoon in October and the flat land sat under a gray sky. He felt just like the sky-gray. It was too cold to wait the 1/2 hour for the train, so he went inside the train station and ordered a schnaps. He didn't like the name on the bottle because it was the name of the guy with whom he had tried to make a 500,000 DM deal, but he was not successful. His suitcase wasn't as heavy after having a double schnaps. He went to the train. The train platform had only one or two people getting on the train. The train compartment was quite cold and