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When he is three inches off the bridge, he pulls himself up straight, and the brickwork, as the train dashes through, kills a fly that was trespassing on the upper part of his right ear. WHEN HE IS THREE INCHES OFF THE BRIDGE HE PULLS HIMSELF UP STRAIGHT AND THE BRICK WORK AS THE TRAIN DASHES THROUGH KILLS A FLY THAT WAS PRECIPASSING ON THE UPPER PART OF HIS RIGHT EAR
 over yourself for about the twentieth time, you discover it in your waistcoat pocket, and for the next half-hour you sit and wonder how you came to miss it on the previous nineteen occasions. Meanwhile, during this trying scene, the conduct of the guard has certainly not tended to allay your anxiety and nervousness. All the time that you have been looking for your ticket, he has been doing silly tricks on the step outside, imperilling his life by every means that experience and ingenuity can suggest. The train is going at the rate of thirty miles an hour, the express speed in Germany, and a bridge comes in sight crossing over the line. On seeing this bridge, the guard, holding on by the window, leans his body as far back as ever it will go. You look at him, and then at the rapidly-nearing bridge, and calculate that the arch will just take his head off without injuring any other part of him whatever, and you wonder whether the head will be jerked into the carriage or will fall outside.  GOING SYSTEMATICALLY OVER YOURSELF FOR ABOUT THE TWENTIETH TIME YOU DISCOVER IT IN YOUR WAISTCOAT POCKET AND FOR THE NEXT HALF HOUR YOU SIT AND WONDER HOW YOU CAME TO MISS IT ON THE PREVIOUS NINETEEN OCCASIONS MEANWHILE DURING THIS TRYING SCENE THE CONDUCT OF THE GUARD HAS CERTAINLY NOT TENDED TO ALLAY YOUR ANXIETY AND NERVOUSNESS ALL THE TIME THAT YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOUR TICKET HE HAS BEEN DOING SILLY TRICKS ON THE STEP OUTSIDE IMPERILING HIS LIFE BY EVERY MEANS THAT EXPERIENCE AND INGENUITY CAN SUGGEST THE TRAIN IS GOING AT THE RATE OF THIRTY MILES AN HOUR THE EXPRESS SPEED IN GERMANY AND A BRIDGE COMES IN SIGHT CROSSING OVER THE LINE ON SEEING THIS BRIDGE THE GUARD HOLDING ON BY THE WINDOW LEANS HIS BODY AS FAR BACK AS EVER IT WILL GO YOU LOOK AT HIM AND THEN AT THE RAPIDLY NEARING BRIDGE AND CALCULATE THAT THE ARCH WILL JUST TAKE HIS HEAD OFF WITHOUT INJURING ANY OTHER PART OF HIM WHATEVER AND YOU WONDER WHETHER THE HEAD WILL BE JERKED INTO THE CARRIAGE OR WILL FALL OUTSIDE
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