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If the villagers would only be sensible and charge you ten marks for the eight mark places you would be happy; but they won't." IF THE VILLAGERS WOULD ONLY BE SENSIBLE AND CHARGE YOU TEN MARKS FOR THE EIGHT MARKED PLACES YOU WOULD BE HAPPY BUT THEY WON'T
he place, and then, when at a tremendous cost of trouble, they have been obtained for you, you object to pay the price asked for them. You all try and palm yourselves off for dukes and duchesses, travelling in disguise. You have none of you ever heard of a second-class railway carriage--didn't know that such things were made. You want a first-class Pullman car reserved for each two of you. Some of you have seen an omnibus in the distance, and have wondered what it was used for. To suggest that you should travel in such a plebeian conveyance, is to give you a shock that takes you two days to recover from. You expect a private carriage, with a footman in livery, to take you through the mountains. You, all of you, must have the most expensive places in the theatre. The eight-mark and six-mark places are every bit as good as the ten-mark seats, of which there are only a very limited number; but you are grossly insulted if it is hinted that you should sit in anything but the dearest chairs. HE BEST LODGINGS IN THE PLACE AND THEN WHEN AT A TREMENDOUS COST OF TROUBLE THEY HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FOR YOU YOU OBJECT TO PAY THE PRICE ASKED FOR THEM YOU ALL TRY AND PALM YOURSELVES OFF FOR DUKES AND DUCHESSES TRAVELLING IN DISGUISE YOU HAVE NONE OF YOU EVER HEARD OF A SECOND CLASS RAILWAY CARRIAGE DIDN'T KNOW THAT SUCH THINGS WERE MADE YOU WANT A FIRST CLASS PULLMAN CAR RESERVED FOR EACH TWO OF YOU SOME OF YOU HAVE SEEN AN OMNIBUS IN THE DISTANCE AND HAVE WONDERED WHAT IT WAS USED FOR TO SUGGEST THAT YOU SHOULD TRAVEL IN SUCH A PLEBEIAN CONVEYANCE IS TO GIVE YOU A SHOCK THAT TAKES YOU TWO DAYS TO RECOVER FROM YOU EXPECT A PRIVATE CARRIAGE WITH A FOOTMAN IN LIVERY TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS YOU ALL OF YOU MUST HAVE THE MOST EXPENSIVE PLACES IN THE THEATRE THE EIGHT MARK AND SIX MARKED PLACES ARE EVERY BIT AS GOOD AS THE TEN MARK SEATS OF WHICH THERE ARE ONLY A VERY LIMITED NUMBER BUT YOU ARE GROSSLY INSULTED IF IT IS HINTED THAT YOU SHOULD SIT IN ANYTHING BUT THE DEAREST CHAIRS
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