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Outrage on an Englishman.  Alone in Europe.  Difficulty of Making German Waiters Understand Scandinavian.  Danger of Knowing Too Many Languages.  A Wearisome Journey.  Cologne, Ahoy! OUTRAGE ON AN ENGLISHMAN ALONE IN EUROPE DIFFICULTY OF MAKING GERMAN WAITERS UNDERSTAND SCANDINAVIAN DANGER OF KNOWING TOO MANY LANGUAGES A WEARISOME JOURNEY COLOGNE A HOY
 would be instructed to render them every assistance in their power, and to take into custody any householder attempting to interfere with them in the execution of their business. The gendarme assisted the station-master to abuse the two stout passengers, and he also abused them in English. It was not good English in any sense of the word. The man would probably have been able to give his feelings much greater variety and play in French or Flemish, but that was not his object. His ambition, like every other foreigner's, was to become an accomplished English quarreller, and this was practice for him. A Customs House clerk came out and joined in the babel. He took the part of the passengers, and abused the station-master and the gendarme, and _he_ abused _them_ in English. B. said he thought it very pleasant here, far from our native shores, in the land of the stranger, to come across a little homely English row like this. SATURDAY, 24TH--CONTINUED A Man of Family.--An Eccentric Train.--  CHAPTER FIVE OF DIARY OF A PILGRIMAGE BY JEROME K JEROME THIS LIBRARY BOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN RECORDING BY MICHAEL BROOKE SATURDAY TWENTY FOURTH CONTINUED A MAN OF FAMILY AN ECCENTRIC TRAIN
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