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Then you feel in your boots. You make everybody near you stand up to see if they are sitting upon it, and you go down on your knees and grovel for it under the seat. "You didn't throw it out of the window with your sandwiches, did you?" asks your friend. "No! Do you think I'm a fool?" you answer, irritably. "What should I want to do that for?" THEN YOU FEEL IN YOUR BOOTS YOU MAKE EVERYBODY NEAR YOU STAND UP TO SEE IF THEY ARE SITTING UPON IT AND YOU GO DOWN ON YOUR KNEES AND GROVEL FOR IT UNDER THE SEAT YOU DIDN'T THROW IT OUT OF THE WINDOW WITH YOUR SANDWICHES DID YOU ASKS YOUR FRIEND NO DO YOU THINK I'M A FOOL YOU ANSWER IRRITABLY WHAT SHALL I WANT TO DO THAT FOR
 Maybe, it is in one of those pockets. If not, it is possibly in one of the bags--somewhere, or in your pocket-book, if you only knew where that was, or your purse. You begin a search. You stand up and shake yourself. Then you have another feel all over. You look round in the course of the proceedings; and the sight of the crowd of curious faces watching you, and of the man in uniform waiting with his eye fixed severely upon you, convey to you, in your then state of confusion, the momentary idea that this is a police-court scene, and that if the ticket is found upon you, you will probably get five years. Upon this you vehemently protest your innocence. "I tell you I haven't got it!" you exclaim;--"never seen the gentleman's ticket. You let me go! I--" Here the surprise of your fellow-passengers recalls you to yourself, and you proceed on your exploration. You overhaul the bags, turning everything out on to the floor, muttering curses on the whole railway system of Germany as you do so. E MORE IN THE OVERCOAT ON THE RACK MAYBE IT IS IN ONE OF THOSE POCKETS IF NOT IT IS POSSIBLY IN ONE OF THE BAGS SOMEWHERE OR IN YOUR POCKET BOOK IF YOU ONLY KNEW WHERE THAT WAS OR YOUR PURSE YOU BEGIN A SEARCH YOU STAND UP AND SHAKE YOURSELF THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER FEEL ALL OVER YOU LOOK ROUND IN THE COURSE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AND THE SIGHT OF THE CROWD OF CURIOUS FACES WATCHING YOU AND OF THE MAN IN UNIFORM WAITING WITH HIS EYE FIXED SEVERELY UPON YOU CONVEY TO YOU IN YOUR THEN STATE OF CONFUSION THE MOMENTARY IDEA THAT THIS IS A POLICE COURT SCENE AND THAT IF THE TICKET IS FOUND UPON YOU YOU WILL PROBABLY GET FIVE YEARS UPON THIS YOU VEHEMENTLY PROTEST YOUR INNOCENCE I TELL YOU I HAVEN'T GOT IT YOU EXCLAIMED NEVER SEEN THE GENTLEMAN'S TICKET YOU LET ME GO I HERE THE SURPRISE OF YOUR FELLOW PASSENGERS RECALLS YOU TO YOURSELF AND YOU PROCEED ON YOUR EXPLORATION YOU OVERHAUL THE BAGS TURNING EVERYTHING OUT ON TO THE FLOOR MUTTERING CURSES ON THE WHOLE RAILWAY SYSTEM OF GERMANY AS YOU DO SO
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