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Higher and higher we climbed, and grander and grander towered the frowning moon bathed mountains round us, and chillier and chillier grew the air. HIGHER AND HIGHER WE CLIMBED AND GRANDER AND GRANDER TOWERED THE FROWNING MOON BATHED MOUNTAINS ROUND US AND CHILIER AND CHILIER GREW THE AIR
, where they were all going to sleep; and wondering still more, though this latter consideration evidently did not trouble their host, how they were going to get up to Ober-Ammergau in the morning in time for the play, which always begins at 8 a.m. Some were engaging carriages at fabulous prices to call for them at five; and others, who could not secure carriages, and who had determined to walk, were instructing worried waiters to wake them at 2.30, and ordering breakfast for a quarter-past three sharp. (I had no idea there were such times in the morning!) We were fortunate enough to find our land-lord, a worthy farmer, waiting for us with a tumble-down conveyance, in appearance something between a circus-chariot and a bath-chair, drawn by a couple of powerful-looking horses; and in this, after a spirited skirmish between our driver and a mob of twenty or so tourists, who pretended to mistake the affair for an omnibus, and who would have clambered into it and swamped it, we drove away. DID THE LANDLORD WHERE THEY WERE ALL GOING TO SLEEP AND WONDERING STILL MORE THOUGH THIS LATTER CONSIDERATION EVIDENTLY DID NOT TROUBLE THEIR HOST HOW THEY WERE GOING TO GET UP TO OBER AMMERGAU IN THE MORNING IN TIME FOR THE PLAY WHICH ALWAYS BEGINS AT EIGHT A M SOME WERE ENGAGING CARRIAGES AT FABULOUS PRICES TO CALL FOR THEM AT FIVE AND OTHERS WHO COULD NOT SECURE CARRIAGES AND WHO HAD DETERMINED TO WALK WERE INSTRUCTING WORRIED WAITERS TO WAKE THEM AT TWO THIRTY AND ORDERING BREAKFAST FOR A QUARTER PAST THREE SHARP I HAD NO IDEA THERE WERE SUCH TIMES IN THE MORNING WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO FIND OUR LANDLORD A WORTHY FARMER WAITING FOR US WITH A TUMBLE DOWN CONVEYANCE IN APPEARANCE SOMETHING BETWEEN A CIRCUS CHARIOT AND A BATH CHAIR DRAWN BY A COUPLE OF POWERFUL LOOKING HORSES AND IN THIS AFTER A SPIRITED SKIRMISH BETWEEN OUR DRIVER AND A MOB OF TWENTY OR SO TOURISTS WHO PRETENDED TO MISTAKE THE AFFAIR FOR AN OMNIBUS AND WHO WOULD HAVE CLAMBERED INTO IT AND SWAMPED IT WE DROVE AWAY
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