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that we should take this man into a quiet corner, and both of us show him all our tickets at once  the whole twenty or twenty four of them  and let him take them in his hand and look at them for as long as he liked. I wanted to comfort him. THAT WE SHOULD TAKE THIS MAN INTO A QUIET CORNER AND BOTH OF US SHOW HIM ALL OUR TICKETS AT ONCE THE WHOLE TWENTY OR TWENTY FOUR OF THEM AND LET HIM TAKE THEM IN HIS HAND AND LOOK AT DOVER AS LONG AS HE LIKED I WANTED TO COMFORT HIM
rs, and B. and I decided that it would be only kind to humour them in it during our stay. Accordingly, whenever we saw a German railway official standing about, looking sad and weary, we went up to him and showed him our tickets. The sight was like a ray of sunshine to him; and all his care was immediately forgotten. If we had not a ticket with us at the time, we went and bought one. A mere single third to the next station would gladden him sufficiently in most cases; but if the poor fellow appeared very woe-begone, and as if he wanted more than ordinary cheering up, we got him a second-class return. For the purpose of our journey to Ober-Ammergau and back, we each carried with us a folio containing some ten or twelve first-class tickets between different towns, covering in all a distance of some thousand miles; and one afternoon, at Munich, seeing a railway official, a cloak-room keeper, who they told us had lately lost his aunt, and who looked exceptionally dejected, I proposed to B. A HARMLESS WEAKNESS OF THEIRS AND B AND I DECIDED THAT IT WOULD BE ONLY KIND TO HUMOUR THEM IN IT DURING OUR STAY ACCORDINGLY WHENEVER WE SAW A GERMAN RAILWAY OFFICIAL STANDING ABOUT LOOKING SAD AND WEARY WE WENT UP TO HIM AND SHOWED HIM OUR TICKETS THE SIGHT WAS LIKE A RAY OF SUNSHINE TO HIM AND ALL HIS CARE WAS IMMEDIATELY FORGOTTEN IF WE HAD NOT A TICKET WITH US AT THE TIME WE WENT AND BOUGHT ONE A MERE SINGLE THIRD TO THE NEXT STATION WOULD GLADDEN HIM SUFFICIENTLY IN MOST CASES BUT IF THE POOR FELLOW APPEARED VERY WOEBEGON AND AS IF HE WANTED MORE THAN ORDINARY CHEERING UP WE GOT HIM A SECOND CLASS RETURN FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR JOURNEY TO OBER AMMERGAU AND BACK WE EACH CARRIED WITH US A FOLIO CONTAINING SOME TEN OR TWELVE FIRST CLASS TICKETS BETWEEN DIFFERENT TOWNS COVERING IN ALL A DISTANCE OF SOME THOUSAND MILES AND ONE AFTERNOON AT MUNICH SEEING A RAILWAY OFFICIAL A CLOAK ROOM KEEPER WHO THEY TOLD US HAD LATELY LOST HIS AUNT AND WHO LOOKED EXCEPTIONALLY DEJECTED I PROPOSED TO B
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