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As well might Hercules have attempted to tidy up the Augean stables with a squirt. We appealed to the chambermaid. AS WELL MIGHT HERCULES HAVE ATTEMPTED TO TIDY UP THE ORGIAN STABLES WITH A SQUIRT WE APPEALED TO THE CHAMBERMAID
diary should live. I ought, of course, to sit down in front of this diary at eleven o'clock at night, and write down all that has occurred to me during the day. But at eleven o'clock at night, I am in the middle of a long railway journey, or have just got up, or am just going to bed for a couple of hours. We go to bed at odd moments, when we happen to come across a bed, and have a few minutes to spare. We have been to bed this afternoon, and are now having another breakfast; and I am not quite sure whether it is yesterday or to-morrow, or what day it is. I shall not attempt to write up this diary in the orthodox manner, therefore; but shall fix in a few lines whenever I have half-an-hour with nothing better to do. We washed ourselves in the Rhine at Cologne (we had not had a wash since we had left our happy home in England). We started with the idea of washing ourselves at the hotel; but on seeing the basin and water and towel provided, I decided not to waste my time playing with them.  LIVING AS A MAN WHO KEEPS A DIARY SHOULD LIVE I OUGHT OF COURSE TO SIT DOWN IN FRONT OF THIS DIARY AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK AT NIGHT AND WRITE DOWN ALL THAT HAS OCCURRED TO ME DURING THE DAY BUT AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK AT NIGHT I AM IN THE MIDDLE OF A LONG RAILWAY JOURNEY OR HAVE JUST GOT UP OR AM JUST GOING TO BED FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS WE GO TO BED AT ODD MOMENTS WHEN WE HAPPEN TO COME ACROSS A BED AND HAVE A FEW MINUTES TO SPARE WE HAVE BEEN TO BED THIS AFTERNOON AND ARE NOW HAVING ANOTHER BREAKFAST AND I AM NOT QUITE SURE WHETHER IT IS YESTERDAY OR TO MORROW OR WHAT DAY IT IS I SHALL NOT ATTEMPT TO WRITE UP THIS DIARY IN THE ORTHODOX MANNER THEREFORE BUT SHALL FIX IN A FEW LINES WHENEVER I HAVE HALF AN HOUR WITH NOTHING BETTER TO DO WE WASHED OURSELVES IN THE RHINE AT COLOGNE WE HAD NOT HAD A WASH SINCE WE LEFT OUR HAPPY HOME IN ENGLAND WE STARTED WITH THE IDEA OF WASHING OURSELVES AT THE HOTEL BUT ON SEEING THE BASIN AND WATER AND TOWEL PROVIDED I DECIDED NOT TO WASTE MY TIME PLAYING WITH THEM
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