The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway - "Homage to Switzerland" Summary & Analysis

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The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway - "Homage to Switzerland" Summary & Analysis

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"Homage to Switzerland" Summary

Mr. Wheeler sits in a restaurant at a train station. He teases the waitress to have sex with him, offering increasing sums of money. He knows that there is no place in the train station for them to have sex and angers the waitress as a joke.

Mr. Johnson sits in a restaurant at a train station. He asks the waitress to run away with him on the next train, but she refuses. He buys expensive champagne and drinks it with the porters. He tells them that his wife is divorcing him. He tries to joke about the situation, but cannot pull it off. He goes for a walk because he feels bad about the divorce.

Mr. Harris sits in a restaurant at a train station. An older man approaches him. The man believes that Harris is...

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