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He is very much surprised. It looks to him the sort of bed that a man would make for himself on coming home late from a party. But it is no use arguing the matter with the girl. "All right," he says; "bring me a pillow, and I'll risk it!" HE IS VERY MUCH SURPRISED IT LOOKS TO HIM THE SORT OF BED THAT A MAN WOULD MAKE FOR HIMSELF ON COMING HOME LATE FROM A PARTY BUT IT IS NO USE ARGUING THE MATTER WITH THE GIRL ALL RIGHT HE SAYS BRING ME A PILLOW AND I'LL RISK IT
s, then?" "That," says the girl, "that's the bed!" He is somewhat nonplussed at the unexpected reply. "Oh!" he says. "Oh! the bed, is it? I thought it was a pincushion! Well, if it is the bed, then what is it doing out here, on the top of everything else? You think that because I'm only a man, I don't understand a bed!" "That's the proper place for it," responds the chambermaid. "What! on top?" "Yes, sir." "Well, then where are the clothes?" "Underneath, sir." "Look here, my good girl," he says; "you don't understand me, or I don't understand you, one or the other. When I go to sleep, I lie on a bed and pull the clothes over me. I don't want to lie on the clothes, and cover myself with the bed. This isn't a comic ballet, you know!" The girl assures him that there is no mistake about the matter at all. There is the bed, made according to German notions of how a bed should be made. He can make the best of it and try to go to sleep upon it, or he can be sulky and go to sleep on the floor. M THE PILE AND HOLDING IT UP SAYS PERHAPS YOU'LL TELL ME WHAT THIS IS THEN THAT SAYS THE GIRL THAT'S THE BED HE IS SOMEWHAT NONPLUSSED AT THE UNEXPECTED REPLY OH HE SAYS OH THE BED IS IT I THOUGHT IT WAS A PINCUSHION WELL IF IT IS THE BED THEN WHAT IS IT DOING OUT HERE ON THE TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE YOU THINK THAT BECAUSE I'M ONLY A MAN I DON'T UNDERSTAND A BED THAT'S THE PROPER PLACE FOR IT RESPONDS THE CHAMBERMAID WHAT ON TOP YES SIR WELL THEN WHERE ARE THE CLOTHES UNDERNEATH SIR LOOK HERE MY GOOD GIRL HE SAYS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND ME OR I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU ONE OR THE OTHER WHEN I GO TO SLEEP I LIE ON A BED AND PULL THE CLOTHES OVER ME I DON'T WANT TO LIE ON THE CLOTHES AND COVER MYSELF WITH THE BED THIS ISN'T A COMIC BALLET YOU KNOW THE GIRL ASSURES HIM THAT THERE IS NO MISTAKE ABOUT THE MATTER AT ALL THERE IS THE BED MADE ACCORDING TO GERMAN NOTIONS OF HOW A BED SHOULD BE MADE HE CAN MAKE THE BEST OF IT AND TRY TO GO TO SLEEP UPON IT OR HE CAN BE SULKY AND GO TO SLEEP ON THE FLOOR
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