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Then, when the bridge is passed, and the train is skirting the very edge of a precipice, so that a stone dropped just outside the window would tumble straight down 300 feet, he suddenly lets go, and, balancing himself on the foot board without holding on to anything, commences to dance a sort of Teutonic cellar flap, and to warm his body by flinging his arms about in the manner of cabmen on a cold day. THEN WHEN THE BRIDGE IS PASSED AND THE TRAIN IS SKIRTING THE VERY EDGE OF A PRECIPICE SO THAT A STONE DROP JUST OUTSIDE THE WINDOW WOULD TUMBLE STRAIGHT DOWN THREE HUNDRED FEET HE SUDDENLY LETS GO AND BALANCING HIMSELF ON THE FOOT BOARD WITHOUT HOLDING ON TO ANYTHING COMMENCES TO DANCE A SORT OF TEUTONIC CELLAR FLAP AND TO WARM HIS BODY BY FLINGING HIS ARMS ABOUT IN THE MANNER OF CABMEN ON A COLD DAY
ions. Meanwhile, during this trying scene, the conduct of the guard has certainly not tended to allay your anxiety and nervousness. All the time that you have been looking for your ticket, he has been doing silly tricks on the step outside, imperilling his life by every means that experience and ingenuity can suggest. The train is going at the rate of thirty miles an hour, the express speed in Germany, and a bridge comes in sight crossing over the line. On seeing this bridge, the guard, holding on by the window, leans his body as far back as ever it will go. You look at him, and then at the rapidly-nearing bridge, and calculate that the arch will just take his head off without injuring any other part of him whatever, and you wonder whether the head will be jerked into the carriage or will fall outside. When he is three inches off the bridge, he pulls himself up straight, and the brickwork, as the train dashes through, kills a fly that was trespassing on the upper part of his right ear. REVIOUS NINETEEN OCCASIONS MEANWHILE DURING THIS TRYING SCENE THE CONDUCT OF THE GUARD HAS CERTAINLY NOT TENDED TO ALLAY YOUR ANXIETY AND NERVOUSNESS ALL THE TIME THAT YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOUR TICKET HE HAS BEEN DOING SILLY TRICKS ON THE STEP OUTSIDE IMPERILING HIS LIFE BY EVERY MEANS THAT EXPERIENCE AND INGENUITY CAN SUGGEST THE TRAIN IS GOING AT THE RATE OF THIRTY MILES AN HOUR THE EXPRESS SPEED IN GERMANY AND A BRIDGE COMES IN SIGHT CROSSING OVER THE LINE ON SEEING THIS BRIDGE THE GUARD HOLDING ON BY THE WINDOW LEANS HIS BODY AS FAR BACK AS EVER IT WILL GO YOU LOOK AT HIM AND THEN AT THE RAPIDLY NEARING BRIDGE AND CALCULATE THAT THE ARCH WILL JUST TAKE HIS HEAD OFF WITHOUT INJURING ANY OTHER PART OF HIM WHATEVER AND YOU WONDER WHETHER THE HEAD WILL BE JERKED INTO THE CARRIAGE OR WILL FALL OUTSIDE WHEN HE IS THREE INCHES OFF THE BRIDGE HE PULLS HIMSELF UP STRAIGHT AND THE BRICK WORK AS THE TRAIN DASHES THROUGH KILLS A FLY THAT WAS PRECIPASSING ON THE UPPER PART OF HIS RIGHT EAR
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