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It is difficult to wash in these little places, because the cars shake so; and when you have got both your hands and half your head in the basin, and are unable to protect yourself, the sides of the room, and the water tap and the soap dish, and other cowardly things, take a mean advantage of your helplessness to punch you as hard as ever they can; and when you back away from these, the door swings open and slaps you from behind. I succeeded, however, in getting myself fairly wet all over, even if I did nothing else, and then I looked about for a towel. IT IS DIFFICULT TO WASH IN THESE LITTLE PLACES BECAUSE THE CARS SHAKE SO AND WHEN YOU HAVE GOT BOTH YOUR HANDS AND HALF YOUR HEAD IN THE BASIN AND ARE UNABLE TO PROTECT YOURSELF THE SIDES OF THE ROOM AND THE WATER TAP AND THE SOAP DISH AND OTHER COWARDLY THINGS TAKE A MEAN ADVANTAGE OF YOUR HELPLESSNESS TO PUNCH YOU AS HARD AS EVER THEY CAN AND WHEN YOU BACK AWAY FROM THESE THE DOOR SWINGS OPEN AND SLAPS YOU FROM BEHIND I SUCCEEDED HOWEVER IN GETTING MYSELF FAIRLY WET ALL OVER EVEN IF I DID NOTHING ELSE AND THEN I LOOKED ABOUT FOR A TOWEL
he train is skirting the very edge of a precipice, so that a stone dropped just outside the window would tumble straight down 300 feet, he suddenly lets go, and, balancing himself on the foot-board without holding on to anything, commences to dance a sort of Teutonic cellar-flap, and to warm his body by flinging his arms about in the manner of cabmen on a cold day. The first essential to comfortable railway travelling in Germany is to make up your mind not to care a rap whether the guard gets killed in the course of the journey or not. Any tender feeling towards the guard makes railway travelling in the Fatherland a simple torture. At five a.m. (how fair and sweet and fresh the earth looks in the early morning! Those lazy people who lie in bed till eight or nine miss half the beauty of the day, if they but knew it. It is only we who rise early that really enjoy Nature properly) I gave up trying to get to sleep, and made my way to the dressing-room at the end of the car, and had a wash. SSED AND THE TRAIN IS SKIRTING THE VERY EDGE OF A PRECIPICE SO THAT A STONE DROP JUST OUTSIDE THE WINDOW WOULD TUMBLE STRAIGHT DOWN THREE HUNDRED FEET HE SUDDENLY LETS GO AND BALANCING HIMSELF ON THE FOOT BOARD WITHOUT HOLDING ON TO ANYTHING COMMENCES TO DANCE A SORT OF TEUTONIC CELLAR FLAP AND TO WARM HIS BODY BY FLINGING HIS ARMS ABOUT IN THE MANNER OF CABMEN ON A COLD DAY THE FIRST ESSENTIAL TO COMFORTABLE RAILWAY TRAVELLING IN GERMANY IS TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND NOT TO CARE A RAP WHETHER THE GUARD GETS KILLED IN THE COURSE OF THE JOURNEY OR NOT ANY TENDER FEELING TOWARDS THE GUARD MAKES RAILWAY TRAVELLING IN THE FARTHERLAND A SIMPLE TORTURE AT FIVE A M HOW FAIR AND SWEET AND FRESH THE EARTH LOOKS IN THE EARLY MORNING THOSE LAZY PEOPLE WHO LIE IN BED TILL EIGHT OR NINE MISS HALF THE BEAUTY OF THE DAY IF THEY BUT KNEW IT IT IS ONLY WE WHO RISE EARLY THAT RARELY ENJOY NATURE PROPERLY I GAVE UP TRYING TO GET TO SLEEP AND MADE MY WAY TO THE DRESSING ROOM AT THE END OF THE CAR AND HAD A WASH
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