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guard, but
if you are going to cross the Border, let me cross with you,
or I shall be shot."
Jozef sat in the back of the jeep, carefully nursing the
gun and looking with considerable longing at the back of
the guard's neck. I sat by the driver, in case he should try
any tricks such as running off the road, or throwing away
the ignition key. We sped along, avoiding the main roads.
The countryside became more hilly as we moved up into
the Carpathian Mountains. The trees became denser, pro-
viding better hiding places. At a suitable spot we stopped
to stretch our legs and have some food, sharing what we had
with the guard. At Vel'ke-Berezni, almost out of petrol, we
stopped and hid the jeep. With the guard between us we
moved stealthily along. This was Border country, and

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we had to be careful. Anyone who has sufficient reason can
cross the border of any country. It merely calls for a little
ingenuity and enterprise. I have never had the slightest
real trouble in crossing a frontier illegally. My only diffi-
culties have been when I had a perfectly legitimate passport.
Passports merely inconvenience the innocent traveler,
causing him to be subjected to ridiculous red tape. Lack of
a passport has never hindered a person who had to cross
frontiers. However, presumably there have to be pass-
ports in order to harass harmless travelers and give work
to hordes of often very unpleasant officials. This is
not a treatise on how to cross frontiers illegally, so I will
just say that without difficulty the three of us entered
Czechoslovakia. The guard went his way, and we went
ours.
"My home