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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. (I had no idea there were such times in the morning!) 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 I HAD NO IDEA THERE WERE SUCH TIMES IN THE MORNING
re and more pampered, and the difficulties and consequent pleasure and interest of his journey more and more curtailed and spoilt. In a few years' time, he will be packed in cotton-wool in his own back-parlour, labelled for the place he wants to go to, and unpacked 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. HE EUROPEAN TOURIST MORE AND MORE PAMPERED AND THE DIFFICULTIES AND CONSEQUENT PLEASURE AND INTEREST OF HIS JOURNEY MORE AND MORE CURTAILED AND SPOILT IN A FEW YEARS TIME HE WILL BE PACKING COTTON WOOL IN HIS OWN BACK PARLOUR LABELLED FOR THE PLACE HE WANTS TO 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
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