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I agreed. It seemed to me that the river  the Rhine  would, if anything could, meet the case. There ought to be plenty of water in it now, after the heavy spring rains. I AGREED IT SEEMED TO ME THAT THE RIVER THE RHINE WOULD IF ANYTHING COULD MEET THE CASE THERE OUGHT TO BE PLENTY OF WATER IN IT NOW AFTER THE HEAVY SPRING RAINS
ut shall fix in a few lines whenever I have half-an-hour with nothing better to do. We washed ourselves in the Rhine at Cologne (we had not had a wash since we had left our happy home in England). We started with the idea of washing ourselves at the hotel; but on seeing the basin and water and towel provided, I decided not to waste my time playing with them. As well might Hercules have attempted to tidy up the Augean stables with a squirt. We appealed to the chambermaid. We explained to her that we wanted to wash--to clean ourselves--not to blow bubbles. Could we not have bigger basins and more water and more extensive towels? The chambermaid (a staid old lady of about fifty) did not think that anything better could be done for us by the hotel fraternity of Cologne, and seemed to think that the river was more what we wanted. I fancied that the old soul was speaking sarcastically, but B. said "No;" she was thinking of the baths alongside the river, and suggested that we should go there. ORTHODOX MANNER THEREFORE BUT SHALL FIX IN A FEW LINES WHENEVER I HAVE HALF AN HOUR WITH NOTHING BETTER TO DO WE WASHED OURSELVES IN THE RHINE AT COLOGNE WE HAD NOT HAD A WASH SINCE WE LEFT OUR HAPPY HOME IN ENGLAND WE STARTED WITH THE IDEA OF WASHING OURSELVES AT THE HOTEL BUT ON SEEING THE BASIN AND WATER AND TOWEL PROVIDED I DECIDED NOT TO WASTE MY TIME PLAYING WITH THEM AS WELL MIGHT HERCULES HAVE ATTEMPTED TO TIDY UP THE ORGIAN STABLES WITH A SQUIRT WE APPEALED TO THE CHAMBERMAID WE EXPLAINED TO HER THAT WE WANTED TO WASH TO CLEAN OURSELVES NOT TO BLOW BUBBLES COULD WE NOT HAVE BIGGER BASINS AND MORE WATER AND MORE EXTENSIVE TOWELS THE CHAMBERMAID A STAID OLD LADY OF ABOUT FIFTY DID NOT THINK THAT ANYTHING BETTER COULD BE DONE FOR US BY THE HOTEL FRATERNITY OF COLOGNE AND SEEMED TO THINK THAT THE RIVER WAS MORE WHAT WE WANTED I FANCIED THAT THE OLD SOUL WAS SPEAKING SARCASTICALLY BUT B SAID NO SHE WAS THINKING OF THE BATHS ALONGSIDE THE RIVER AND SUGGESTING THAT WE SHOULD GO THERE
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