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"Why, that is exactly the sort of weather we have in England!" I exclaimed. "If that's all these foreigners can manage in their own country, what right have they to come over here, as they do, and grumble about our weather?" WHY THAT IS EXACTLY THE SORT OF WEATHER WE HAVE IN ENGLAND I EXCLAIMED IF THAT'S ALL THESE FOREIGNERS CAN MANAGE IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY WHAT RIGHT HAVE THEY TO COME OVER HERE AS THEY DO AND GRUMBLE ABOUT OUR WEATHER
road. Now, tell me, what part of Europe are you going to?" I replied that I thought it was somewhere about the middle. He said: "Well, now, you take my advice, and get a calico suit and a sunshade. Never mind the look of the thing. You be comfortable. You've no idea of the heat on the Continent at this time of the year. English people will persist in travelling about the Continent in the same stuffy clothes that they wear at home. That's how so many of them get sunstrokes, and are ruined for life." I went into the club, and there I met a friend of mine--a newspaper correspondent--who has travelled a good deal, and knows Europe pretty well. I told him what my two other friends had said, and asked him which I was to believe. He said: "Well, as a matter of fact, they are both right. You see, up in those hilly districts, the weather changes very quickly. In the morning it may be blazing hot, and you will be melting, and in the evening you may be very glad of a flannel shirt and a fur coat. N AND HE SAID I HEAR YOU ARE GOING ABROAD NOW TELL ME WHAT PART OF EUROPE ARE YOU GOING TO I REPLIED THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS SOMEWHERE ABOUT THE MIDDLE HE SAID WELL NOW YOU TAKE MY ADVICE AND GET A CALICO SUIT AND A SUNSHADE NEVER MIND THE LOOK OF THE THING YOU BE COMFORTABLE YOU'VE NO IDEA OF THE HEAT ON THE CONTINENT AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR ENGLISH PEOPLE WILL PERSIST IN TRAVELLING ABOUT THE CONTINENT IN THE SAME STUFFY CLOTHES THAT THEY WEAR AT HOME THAT'S HOW SO MANY OF THEM GET SUNSTROKES AND ARE RUINED FOR LIFE I WENT INTO THE CLUB AND THERE I MET A FRIEND OF MINE A NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT WHO HAS TRAVELLED A GOOD DEAL AND KNOWS EUROPE PRETTY WELL I TOLD HIM WHAT MY TWO OTHER FRIENDS HAD SAID AND ASKED HIM WHICH I WAS TO BELIEVE HE SAID WELL AS A MATTER OF FACT THEY ARE BOTH RIGHT YOU SEE UP IN THOSE HILLY DISTRICTS THE WEATHER CHANGES VERY QUICKLY IN THE MORNING IT MAY BE BLAZING HOT AND YOU WILL BE MELTING AND IN THE EVENING YOU MAY BE VERY GLAD OF A FLANNEL SHIRT AND A FUR COAT
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