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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. 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
haul the bags, turning everything out on to the floor, muttering curses on the whole railway system of Germany as you do so. Then you feel in your boots. You make everybody near you stand up to see if they are sitting upon it, and you go down on your knees and grovel for it under the seat. "You didn't throw it out of the window with your sandwiches, did you?" asks your friend. "No! Do you think I'm a fool?" you answer, irritably. "What should I want to do that for?" On going systematically over yourself for about the twentieth time, you discover it in your waistcoat pocket, and for the next half-hour you sit and wonder how you came to miss it on the previous 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, imperilling his life by every means that experience and ingenuity can suggest. ED ON YOUR EXPLORATION YOU OVERHAUL THE BAGS TURNING EVERYTHING OUT ON TO THE FLOOR MUTTERING CURSES ON THE WHOLE RAILWAY SYSTEM OF GERMANY AS YOU DO SO THEN YOU FEEL IN YOUR BOOTS YOU MAKE EVERYBODY NEAR YOU STAND UP TO SEE IF THEY ARE SITTING UPON IT AND YOU GO DOWN ON YOUR KNEES AND GROVEL FOR IT UNDER THE SEAT YOU DIDN'T THROW IT OUT OF THE WINDOW WITH YOUR SANDWICHES DID YOU ASKS YOUR FRIEND NO DO YOU THINK I'M A FOOL YOU ANSWER IRRITABLY WHAT SHALL I WANT TO DO THAT FOR ON GOING SYSTEMATICALLY OVER YOURSELF FOR ABOUT THE TWENTIETH TIME YOU DISCOVER IT IN YOUR WAISTCOAT POCKET AND FOR THE NEXT HALF HOUR YOU SIT AND WONDER HOW YOU CAME TO MISS IT ON THE PREVIOUS 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
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