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B. and I might have been saved from crime. Just as we were in the middle of our villainy, the organ grinder or the child would have struck up, and we should have burst into tears, and have rushed from the carriage, and have fallen upon each other's necks outside on the platform, and have wept, and waited for the next train. As it was, after looking carefully round to see that nobody was watching us, we slipped quickly into the carriage, and, making room for ourselves among the luggage there, sat down and tried to look innocent and easy. B AND I MIGHT HAVE BEEN SAVED FROM CRIME JUST AS WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR VILLAINY THE ORGAN GRINDER OR THE CHILD WOULD HAVE STRUCK UP AND WE SHOULD HAVE BURST INTO TEARS AND HAVE RUSHED FROM THE CARRIAGE AND HAVE FALLEN UPON EACH OTHER'S NECKS OUTSIDE ON THE PLATFORM AND HAVE WEPT AND WAITED FOR THE NEXT TRAIN AS IT WAS AFTER LOOKING CAREFULLY ROUND TO SEE THAT NOBODY WAS WATCHING US WE SLIPPED QUICKLY INTO THE CARRIAGE AND MAKING ROOM FOR OURSELVES AMONG THE LUGGAGE THERE SAT DOWN AND TRIED TO LOOK INNOCENT AND EASY
ut at three o'clock on a chilly morning one's moral sensibilities are not properly developed. The average man's conscience does not begin work till eight or nine o'clock--not till after breakfast, in fact. At three a.m. he will do things that at three in the afternoon his soul would revolt at. Under ordinary circumstances I should as soon have thought of shifting a man's bag and appropriating his seat as an ancient Hebrew squatter would have thought of removing his neighbour's landmark; but at this time in the morning my better nature was asleep. I have often read of a man's better nature being suddenly awakened. The business is generally accomplished by an organ-grinder or a little child (I would back the latter, at all events--give it a fair chance--to awaken anything in this world that was not stone deaf, or that had not been dead for more than twenty-four hours); and if an organ-grinder or a little child had been around Ostend station that morning, things might have been different. OLD AND MAINTAIN BUT AT THREE O'CLOCK ON A CHILLY MORNING ONE'S MORAL SENSIBILITIES ARE NOT PROPERLY DEVELOPED THE AVERAGE MAN'S CONSCIENCE DOES NOT BEGIN WORK TILL EIGHT OR NINE O'CLOCK NOT TILL AFTER BREAKFAST IN FACT AT THREE A M HE WILL DO THINGS THAT AT THREE IN THE AFTERNOON HIS SOUL WOULD REVOLT AT UNDER ORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES I SHOULD AS SOON HAVE THOUGHT OF SHIFTING A MAN'S BAG AND APPROPRIATING HIS SEAT AS AN ANCIENT HEBREW SQUATTER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF REMOVING HIS NEIGHBOUR'S LANDMARK BUT AT THIS TIME IN THE MORNING MY BETTER NATURE WAS ASLEEP I HAVE OFTEN READ OF A MAN'S BETTER NATURE BEING SUDDENLY AWAKENED THE BUSINESS IS GENERALLY ACCOMPLISHED BY AN ORGAN GRINDER OR A LITTLE CHILD I WOULD BACK THE LATTER AT ALL EVENTS GIVE IT A FAIR CHANCE TO AWAKEN ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD THAT WAS NOT STONE DEAF OR THAT HAD NOT BEEN DEAD FOR MORE THAN TWENTY FOUR HOURS AND IF AN ORGAN GRINDER OR A LITTLE CHILD HAD BEEN AROUND OSTEND STATION THAT MORNING THINGS MIGHT HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT
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