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At five a.m. (how fair and sweet and fresh the earth looks in the early morning! Those lazy people who lie in bed till eight or nine miss half the beauty of the day, if they but knew it. It is only we who rise early that really enjoy Nature properly) I gave up trying to get to sleep, and made my way to the dressing room at the end of the car, and had a wash. AT FIVE A M HOW FAIR AND SWEET AND FRESH THE EARTH LOOKS IN THE EARLY MORNING THOSE LAZY PEOPLE WHO LIE IN BED TILL EIGHT OR NINE MISS HALF THE BEAUTY OF THE DAY IF THEY BUT KNEW IT IT IS ONLY WE WHO RISE EARLY THAT RARELY ENJOY NATURE PROPERLY I GAVE UP TRYING TO GET TO SLEEP AND MADE MY WAY TO THE DRESSING ROOM AT THE END OF THE CAR AND HAD A WASH
without injuring any other part of him whatever, and you wonder whether the head will be jerked into the carriage or will fall outside. When he is three inches off the bridge, he pulls himself up straight, and the brickwork, as the train dashes through, kills a fly that was trespassing on the upper part of his right ear. Then, when the bridge is passed, and the train is skirting the very edge of a precipice, so that a stone dropped just outside the window would tumble straight down 300 feet, he suddenly lets go, and, balancing himself on the foot-board without holding on to anything, commences to dance a sort of Teutonic cellar-flap, and to warm his body by flinging his arms about in the manner of cabmen on a cold day. The first essential to comfortable railway travelling in Germany is to make up your mind not to care a rap whether the guard gets killed in the course of the journey or not. Any tender feeling towards the guard makes railway travelling in the Fatherland a simple torture. EAD OFF WITHOUT INJURING ANY OTHER PART OF HIM WHATEVER AND YOU WONDER WHETHER THE HEAD WILL BE JERKED INTO THE CARRIAGE OR WILL FALL OUTSIDE WHEN HE IS THREE INCHES OFF THE BRIDGE HE PULLS HIMSELF UP STRAIGHT AND THE BRICK WORK AS THE TRAIN DASHES THROUGH KILLS A FLY THAT WAS PRECIPASSING ON THE UPPER PART OF HIS RIGHT EAR THEN WHEN THE BRIDGE IS PASSED AND THE TRAIN IS SKIRTING THE VERY EDGE OF A PRECIPICE SO THAT A STONE DROP JUST OUTSIDE THE WINDOW WOULD TUMBLE STRAIGHT DOWN THREE HUNDRED FEET HE SUDDENLY LETS GO AND BALANCING HIMSELF ON THE FOOT BOARD WITHOUT HOLDING ON TO ANYTHING COMMENCES TO DANCE A SORT OF TEUTONIC CELLAR FLAP AND TO WARM HIS BODY BY FLINGING HIS ARMS ABOUT IN THE MANNER OF CABMEN ON A COLD DAY THE FIRST ESSENTIAL TO COMFORTABLE RAILWAY TRAVELLING IN GERMANY IS TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND NOT TO CARE A RAP WHETHER THE GUARD GETS KILLED IN THE COURSE OF THE JOURNEY OR NOT ANY TENDER FEELING TOWARDS THE GUARD MAKES RAILWAY TRAVELLING IN THE FARTHERLAND A SIMPLE TORTURE
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