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Some people rave about sunsets and mountains and old masters; but to the German railway guard the world can show nothing more satisfying, more inspiring, than the sight of a railway ticket. SOME PEOPLE RAVE ABOUT SUNSETS AND MOUNTAINS AND OLD MASTERS BUT TO THE GERMAN RAILWAY GUARD THE WORLD CAN SHOW NOTHING MORE SATISFYING MORE INSPIRING THAN THE SIGHT OF A RAILWAY TICKET
e could; and after the village was lost to view in the distance, we could still, by listening carefully, hear the thuds, as one after another of the inhabitants sat down and began to swear. At about eleven o'clock we had some beer--you can generally obtain such light refreshment as bottled beer and coffee and rolls from the guard on a through long-distance train in Germany--took off our boots, and saying "Good-night" to each other, made a great show of going to sleep. But we never succeeded in getting there. They wanted to see one's ticket too often for one to get fairly off. Every few minutes, so it seemed to me, though in reality the intervals may perhaps have been longer, a ghostly face would appear at the carriage-window, and ask to see our tickets. Whenever a German railway-guard feels lonesome, and does not know what else to do with himself, he takes a walk round the train, and gets the passengers to show him their tickets, after which he returns to his box cheered and refreshed. WATCHED FOR AS LONG AS WE COULD AND AFTER THE VILLAGE WAS LOST TO VIEW IN THE DISTANCE WE COULD STILL BY LISTENING CAREFULLY HEAR THE THUDS AS ONE AFTER ANOTHER OF THE INHABITANTS SAT DOWN AND BEGAN TO SWEAR AT ABOUT ELEVEN O'CLOCK WE HAD SOME BEER YOU CAN GENERALLY OBTAIN SUCH LIGHT REFRESHMENT AS BOTTLED BEER AND COFFEE AND ROLLS FROM THE GUARD ON A THREE LONG DISTANCE TRAIN IN IN GERMANY TOOK OFF OUR BOOTS AND SAYING GOOD NIGHT TO EACH OTHER MADE A GREAT SHOW OF GOING TO SLEEP BUT WE NEVER SUCCEEDED IN GETTING THERE THEY WANTED TO SEE ONE'S TICKET TOO OFTEN FOR ONE TO GET FAIRLY OFF EVERY FEW MINUTES SO IT SEEMED TO ME THOUGH IN REALITY THE INTERVALS MAY PERHAPS HAVE BEEN LONGER A GHOSTLY FACE WOULD APPEAR AT THE CARRIAGE WINDOW AND ASK TO SEE OUR TICKETS WHENEVER A GERMAN RAILWAY GUARD FEELS LONESOME AND DOES NOT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO WITH HIMSELF HE TAKES A WALK ROUND THE TRAIN AND GETS THE PASSENGERS TO SHOW HIM THEIR TICKETS AFTER WHICH HE RETURNS TO HIS BOX CHEERED AND REFRESHED
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