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So we bought and showed him a first class return to the next station but one; and it was quite pathetic to watch the poor fellow's face brighten up at the sight, and to see the faint smile creep back to the lips from which it had so long been absent. SO WE BOUGHT AND SHOWED HIM A FIRST CLASS RETURN TO THE NEXT STATION BUT ONE AND IT WAS QUITE PATHETIC TO WATCH THE POOR FELLOW'S FACE BRIGHTEN UP AT SIGHT AND TO SEE THE FAINT SMILE CREEP BACK TO THE LIPS FROM WHICH IT HAD SO LONG BEEN ABSENT
s if he wanted more than ordinary cheering up, we got him a second-class return. For the purpose of our journey to Ober-Ammergau and back, we each carried with us a folio containing some ten or twelve first-class tickets between different towns, covering in all a distance of some thousand miles; and one afternoon, at Munich, seeing a railway official, a cloak-room keeper, who they told us had lately lost his aunt, and who looked exceptionally dejected, I proposed to B. that we should take this man into a quiet corner, and both of us show him all our tickets at once--the whole twenty or twenty-four of them--and let him take them in his hand and look at them for as long as he liked. I wanted to comfort him. B., however, advised against the suggestion. He said that even if it did not turn the man's head (and it was more than probable that it would), so much jealousy would be created against him among the other railway people throughout Germany, that his life would be made a misery to him. W APPEARED VERY WOEBEGON AND AS IF HE WANTED MORE THAN ORDINARY CHEERING UP WE GOT HIM A SECOND CLASS RETURN FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR JOURNEY TO OBER AMMERGAU AND BACK WE EACH CARRIED WITH US A FOLIO CONTAINING SOME TEN OR TWELVE FIRST CLASS TICKETS BETWEEN DIFFERENT TOWNS COVERING IN ALL A DISTANCE OF SOME THOUSAND MILES AND ONE AFTERNOON AT MUNICH SEEING A RAILWAY OFFICIAL A CLOAK ROOM KEEPER WHO THEY TOLD US HAD LATELY LOST HIS AUNT AND WHO LOOKED EXCEPTIONALLY DEJECTED I PROPOSED TO B THAT WE SHOULD TAKE THIS MAN INTO A QUIET CORNER AND BOTH OF US SHOW HIM ALL OUR TICKETS AT ONCE THE WHOLE TWENTY OR TWENTY FOUR OF THEM AND LET HIM TAKE THEM IN HIS HAND AND LOOK AT DOVER AS LONG AS HE LIKED I WANTED TO COMFORT HIM B HOWEVER ADVISED AGAINST THE SUGGESTION HE SAID THAT EVEN IF IT DID NOT TURN THE MAN'S HEAD AND IT WAS MORE THAN PROBABLE THAT IT WOULD SO MUCH JEALOUSY WOULD BE CREATED AGAINST HIM AMONG THE OTHER RAILWAY PEOPLE THROUGHOUT GERMANY THAT HIS LIFE WILL BE MADE A MISERY TO HIM
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