text: When he dropped the ill-received jocularity to say that he had wanted , having grown up in the Midwest , to live awhile in one of the world 's most beautiful cities , they were openly disbelieving--they had never been to Prague of course , and apparently , they did not know of its architectural splendors , either .
  
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  They had never been to Prague before , and knew nothing about its wonders .