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Ah! how true it is, as good people tell us, that in thinking of the sorrows of others, we learn to forget our own! AH HOW TRUE IT IS AS GOOD PEOPLE TELL US THAT IN THINKING OF THE SORROWS OF OTHERS WE LEARN TO FORGET OUR OWN
n 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. Of course, there was no towel. That is the trick. The idea of the railway authorities is to lure the passenger, by providing him with soap and water and a basin, into getting himself thoroughly soaked, and then to let it dawn upon him that there is no towel. That is their notion of fun! I thought of the handkerchiefs in my bag, but to get to them I should have to pass compartments containing ladies, and I was only in early morning dress. So I had to wipe myself with a newspaper which I happened to have in my pocket, and a more unsatisfactory thing to dry oneself upon I cannot conceive. I woke up B. when I got back to the carriage, and persuaded him to go and have a wash; and in listening to the distant sound of his remarks when he likewise discovered that there was no towel, the recollection of my own discomfiture passed gently away. 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 OF COURSE THERE WAS NO TOWEL THAT IS THE TRICK THE IDEA OF THE RAILWAY AUTHORITIES IS TO LEER THE PASSENGER BY PROVIDING HIM WITH SOAP AND WATER AND A BASIN INTO GETTING HIMSELF THOROUGHLY SOAKED AND THEN TO LET IT DAWN UPON HIM THAT THERE IS NO TOWEL THAT IS THEIR NOTION OF FUN I THOUGHT OF THE HANDKERCHIEFS IN MY BAG BUT TO GET TO THEM I SHOULD HAVE TO PASS COMPARTMENTS CONTAINING LADIES AND I WAS ONLY AN EARLY MORNING DRESS SO I HAD TO WIPE MYSELF WITH A NEWSPAPER WHICH I HAPPENED TO HAVE IN MY POCKET AND A MORE UNSATISFACTORY THING TO DRY ONESELF UPON I CANNOT CONCEIVE I WOKE UP B WHEN I GOT BACK TO THE CARRIAGE AND PERSUADED HIM TO GO AND HAVE A WASH AND IN LISTENING TO THE DISTANT SOUND OF HIS REMARKS WHEN HE LIKEWISE DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS NO TELL THE RECOLLECTION OF MY OWN DISCOMFITURE PASSED GENTLY AWAY
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