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(I had no idea there were such times in the morning!) We were fortunate enough to find our land lord, a worthy farmer, waiting for us with a tumble down conveyance, in appearance something between a circus chariot and a bath chair, drawn by a couple of powerful looking horses; and in this, after a spirited skirmish between our driver and a mob of twenty or so tourists, who pretended to mistake the affair for an omnibus, and who would have clambered into it and swamped it, we drove away. I HAD NO IDEA THERE WERE SUCH TIMES IN THE MORNING WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO FIND OUR LANDLORD A WORTHY FARMER WAITING FOR US WITH A TUMBLE DOWN CONVEYANCE IN APPEARANCE SOMETHING BETWEEN A CIRCUS CHARIOT AND A BATH CHAIR DRAWN BY A COUPLE OF POWERFUL LOOKING HORSES AND IN THIS AFTER A SPIRITED SKIRMISH BETWEEN OUR DRIVER AND A MOB OF TWENTY OR SO TOURISTS WHO PRETENDED TO MISTAKE THE AFFAIR FOR AN OMNIBUS AND WHO WOULD HAVE CLAMBERED INTO IT AND SWAMPED IT WE DROVE AWAY
acked and taken out when he gets there. The railway now carries him round Mount Ettal to Oberau, from which little village a tolerably easy road, as mountain roadways go, of about four or five English miles takes him up to the valley of the Ammer. It was midnight when our train landed us at Oberau station; but the place was far more busy and stirring than on ordinary occasions it is at mid-day. Crowds of tourists and pilgrims thronged the little hotel, wondering, as also did the landlord, where they were all going to sleep; and wondering still more, though this latter consideration evidently did not trouble their host, how they were going to get up to Ober-Ammergau in the morning in time for the play, which always begins at 8 a.m. Some were engaging carriages at fabulous prices to call for them at five; and others, who could not secure carriages, and who had determined to walk, were instructing worried waiters to wake them at 2.30, and ordering breakfast for a quarter-past three sharp.  GO TO AND UNPACKED AND TAKEN OUT WHEN HE GETS THERE THE RAILWAY NOW CARRIES HIM ROUND MOUNT ETHEL TO OBEROW FROM WHICH LITTLE VILLAGE A TOLERABLY EASY ROAD AS MOUNTAIN ROADWAYS GO OF ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE ENGLISH MILES TAKES HIM UP TO THE VALLEY OF THE AMA IT WAS MIDNIGHT WHEN OUR TRAIN LANDED US AT OBEROW STATION BUT THE PLACE WAS FAR MORE BUSY AND STIRRING THAN ON ORDINARY OCCASIONS IT IS AT MIDDAY CROWDS OF TOURISTS AND PILGRIMS THRONGED THE LITTLE HOTEL WONDERING AS ALSO DID THE LANDLORD WHERE THEY WERE ALL GOING TO SLEEP AND WONDERING STILL MORE THOUGH THIS LATTER CONSIDERATION EVIDENTLY DID NOT TROUBLE THEIR HOST HOW THEY WERE GOING TO GET UP TO OBER AMMERGAU IN THE MORNING IN TIME FOR THE PLAY WHICH ALWAYS BEGINS AT EIGHT A M SOME WERE ENGAGING CARRIAGES AT FABULOUS PRICES TO CALL FOR THEM AT FIVE AND OTHERS WHO COULD NOT SECURE CARRIAGES AND WHO HAD DETERMINED TO WALK WERE INSTRUCTING WORRIED WAITERS TO WAKE THEM AT TWO THIRTY AND ORDERING BREAKFAST FOR A QUARTER PAST THREE SHARP
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